Family of the moon — Mythoi

Motif

Family of the moon.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter IX
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section CVI
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XVII
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section CXXVII

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

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 Heavenly smith is hammering on the moon Person transformed to moon

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