Moon younger brother of the sun

Motif

Moon younger brother of the sun.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Creation of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A745.3

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, ( Josmogonic Myths — Myth 55. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN
Japanese / ShintoNihongi: Chronicles of Japan, Book 15
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 55LV. ORPHEUS #5

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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
S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158, 165.

Within the index

Filed under Family of the moon.

Filed beside it

Moon born from first couple Mother of the moon: the most distant star in the sky

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