μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Frog in moon.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A751.3

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Filed across the traditions
  • S. Am. Indian (Warrau) Métraux RMLP XXXIII 123.
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.

1 finer motif beneath it
Man in moon a frog which has jumped into person's face and remains there
Filed beside it
Man in moon is person thrown or sent there as punishment Man in the moon a rabbit (hare, other animal) 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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