Heavenly smith is hammering on the moon — Mythoi

Motif

Heavenly smith is hammering on the moon.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Creation of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A744

Cited in the index

general Africa (Sudanese): Frobenius Atlantis VII 18f.

Within the index

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

Filed beside 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 Family of the moon Person transformed to moon

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