Sun and moon as twin brothers

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Sun and moon as twin brothers.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A736.3.1

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general S. Am. Indian (Mataco, Chamacoco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Amuesa): *Métraux RMLP XXXIII 131.

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Sun and moon brothers: sun clever, moon stupid Sun and his brother rise and set alternately

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