μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • AfricaMeinhof 200.
  • general Macobi: Alexander Lat. Am 319
Within the index

Filed under Sun as human being.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Sun sister and moon brother. Brother visits sister at night. She marks him to identify him. He flees and she follows with flaming brand. She is sun and he the moonSun-brother and moon-sisterSun and moon as lovers. (Cf. A736.1.1.)Sun and moon married
Filed beside it
Sun as womanSun and moon as brothersSun and moon as sisters, daughters of sky-godChildren of the sunSun and moon as friendsSun's affection for human girl rouses moon's jealousyOriginal moon changed into sun and sun into moonSun cursed by moonHuman son of sunContest between sun and moon

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