Attributes of sun — Mythoi

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Attributes of sun.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A738

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 1, Section CIII
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part I — CHAPTER IV
Ancient EgyptianThe Egyptian Book of the Dead, Chapter XXVIII
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XIV
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 12, Section CCVI

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Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Physical attributes Mental powers and disposition of sun Sun's healing powers Sun's power over plants

Filed beside it

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 Sun as human being