Moon from object (person) thrown into sky — Mythoi

Motif

Moon from object (person) thrown into sky.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Creation of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A741

Filed across the traditions

Hawaii Beckwith Myth 215.
general Admiralty Is.: Dixon 112
general Cook Group: ibid. 37

Within the index

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

3 finer motifs beneath it

Moon is water slung into sky Chest of sacrificed youth becomes the moon Moon as grinder which brings fire out of the sun

Filed beside it

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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