Other marks on the moon

Motif

Other marks on the moon.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A751.11

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. IV
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXIV XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King
Greco-Roman Pausanias's Description of Greece , Book 9
Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , Chapter 8

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys
Philippine (Tinguian) Cole 192.

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.

Filed beside it

Man in moon is person thrown or sent there as punishment Man in the moon a rabbit (hare, other animal) Frog in moon Man in the moon: tarring of the moon. Man sets out to tar the moon and remains with his tar-bucket in the moon Man in the moon from scratches or paint Cotton tree and nettles on moon Two children in moon with yoke and bucket Woman in the moon Miscellaneous images on moon Particular individual is man in the moon

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