μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Aztec Alexander Lat. Am. 89
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 274 n. 9. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 189
  • African Frobenius Atlantis XII 181, (Fang): Einstein 34, Trilles 173, (Dahomé): Einstein 30.
Within the index

Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Moon tied to sun so that when sun sinks moon is dragged up to light earth Sun and moon pursued by dark planet in black chariot
Filed beside it
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 Heat and light of the sun Sun hides Sun as human being Causes of eclipses (sun or moon)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Moon as a person Tell-tale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistress Brother-sister incest

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