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

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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

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Scholars’ trail — 13references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys
BabylonianSpence 79. – Indonesian: Dixon 177
Australianibid. 276ff.
Gold CoastBarker and Sinclair 97 No. 18
QuileuteFarrand JAFL XXXII 254ff.
TahltanTeit JAFL XXXII 205
IncaAlexander 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

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Creation of the sun

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