μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Eclipse caused by monster devouring sun or moon.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A737.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish Kalevala rune 47 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XLVII
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 424
  • Armenian Ananikian 48. – Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 736
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Indonesian Wilken Indische Gids (1885) I 240
  • Tahiti Henry 227
  • S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano) Métraux RMLP XXXIII 123, 158, 165, (Mocoví): Métraux MAFLS XL 20, (Manao): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 712, (Guarani, Manasí, Guarayú, Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93, 393, 483, (Guayaki): Métraux-Baldus BBAE CXLIII (1) 444
  • general *Fb "solulv"
  • general *Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 492a.
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 234
  • general Gaster Thespis 206. – Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 279
  • general Jugo-Slav: Máchal Slavic Myth 229
  • general (Toba, Abipón, Mocovi, Mataco, Vilela): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie ibid. 434 (Tucuna): Nimuendajú BBAE CXLIII (3) 724.
Within the index

Filed under Causes of eclipses (sun or moon).

Filed beside it
Origin of eclipse of moon Cause of eclipses: mother's curse laid upon her third son Toad causes eclipses of the sun Ghosts of the sun's children return to cause eclipse Moon's eclipse caused by moon's interfering between attacker and person attacked Eclipses caused by animal hiding sun behind his body Eclipses from quarrels between moon and sun Eclipses when sun smears his face on account of mourning Eclipse as punishment by deity Eclipses because sun cannot endure tragic happenings of history Partial eclipses because of ailments of sun or moon
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth Theft of light. Light originally absent is stolen by culture hero Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner

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