μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 3907
  • RumanianSchullerus FFC LXXVIII 84 No. 4
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 37f. No. 25
  • general *Dh I 254ff.
  • general *ibid. II 242 (Judas)
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 114 (Judas), III 597
  • general *Fb "måne" II 659b.
  • general Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 275ff., (1928) 171
  • general Madison County Virginia (U.S.A.): Hench JAFL XLVIII 384. – Isthmian tribes (Panama): Alexander Lat. Am. 192 (punishment for incest)
  • general Yuracare (West Brazil): Alexander ibid. 314.
Within the index

Filed under Man in the moon. A man is said to be seen in the moon. Various explanations are given as to how he came to be there.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Man in moon has punishment for burning brush on SundayMan in moon is put there as punishment for cursing GodMan in moon as punishment for disdainful sacrifice (Cain)Man in moon banished there for stealing bundle of thorns
Filed beside it
Man in the moon a rabbit (hare, other animal)Frog in moonMan in the moon: tarring of the moon. Man sets out to tar the moon and remains with his tar-bucket in the moonMan in the moon from scratches or paintCotton tree and nettles on moonTwo children in moon with yoke and bucketWoman in the moonMiscellaneous images on moonParticular individual is man in the moonOther marks on the moon
Carried in tale types

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