μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man in the moon a rabbit (hare, other animal).

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A751.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Anesaki 339. – Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 57, 89
  • S. Am. Indian (Yuracare) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503 (jaguar).
  • general *Werhan Die Sage 65
  • general Fb "måne" II 659b. –Hindu: Keith 137, Penzer I 109 n. 1, II 82, V 101 n. 2, IX 143, Jataka Index s. v. "moon", Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 675, 1079
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 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 Other marks on the moon
Carried in tale types

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