Sun as human being — Mythoi

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Sun as human being.

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

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IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 12, Section CCXXXI
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part I — CHAPTER I
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part I — CHAPTER IV

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Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

11 finer motifs beneath 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 Children of the sun 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

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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 Heat and light of the sun Sun hides Pursuit of sun by moon Causes of eclipses (sun or moon)