Children of the sun

Motif

Children of the sun.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A736.5

Filed across the traditions

Tonga Gifford 115.

Within the index

Filed under Sun as human being.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Son of sun so hot no one can hold it Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset

Filed beside it

Sun and moon as man and woman Sun as woman Sun and moon as brothers Sun and moon as sisters, daughters of sky-god Sun and moon as friends Sun's affection for human girl rouses moon's jealousy Original moon changed into sun and sun into moon Sun cursed by moon Human son of sun Contest between sun and moon

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “children” · wander