Man in the moon: tarring of the moon. Man sets out to tar the moon and remains with his tar-bucket in the moon — Mythoi

Motif

Man in the moon: tarring of the moon. Man sets out to tar the moon and remains with his tar-bucket in the moon.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A751.4

Filed across the traditions

Finnish *Aarne FFC VIII 4 No. 8
Livonian *Loorits FFC LXVI 81 No. 7
Estonian *Aarne FFC XXV 140 No. 6.
general XXXIII 51 No. 8

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 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

Man in the Moon · ATU 751E* 1 recorded variant

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