μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of the moon. (Cf. A710 to A719, where many of the motifs refer to the moon).

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Creation of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A740

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Babylonian Spence 79. – Indonesian: Dixon 177
  • Australian ibid. 276ff.
  • Gold Coast Barker and Sinclair 97 No. 18
  • Quileute Farrand JAFL XXXII 254ff.
  • Tahltan Teit JAFL XXXII 205
  • Inca Alexander Lat. Am. 240.
  • general *Rühle Sonne und Mond im primitiven Mythus (Tübingen, 1925)
  • general *Roheim Mondmythologie und Mondreligion (Leipzig, 1927)
  • general Nielsen Die altarabische Mondreligion (Strassburg, 1904)
  • general Harley Moon Lore (London, 1885)
  • general Wolf Der Mond im deutschen Volksglauben (Bühl, Baden, 1929). – Irish myth: Cross
  • general Hopi: Alexander N. Am. 205
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Moon from object (person) thrown into sky Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together Moon from transformed object Heavenly smith is hammering on the moon Family of the moon Person transformed to moon
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Creation of the sun

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