Heat and light of the sun — Mythoi

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Heat and light of the sun.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A733

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Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXIII LXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 14, Section XXXIX
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 13: The Testament of Cremer
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 14, Section V

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Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Why sunlight is so much stronger than moonlight Mortal cannot look at sun since God's name is engraved on it Two faces of the sun: fire, directed toward earth; hail, directed toward heaven Beams of light are snares with which sun is tied to earth. Cf. A728 Sun dries out earth with its heat

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Formerly seven suns Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind Sun kept in box Sun's night journey. Around or under the earth Boat of the sun Chariot of the sun Man controls rising and setting of sun Daily course of sun across sky Raising the sun. Originally low, it is raised little by little by conjurors Sun caught in snare Sun as king of sky and earth The sun's animals Sun hides Pursuit of sun by moon Sun as human being Causes of eclipses (sun or moon)

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