Man in the moon: moon's face scratched by hare in retaliation for injury to hare. (Cf. A2216.3.)

Motif

Man in the moon: moon's face scratched by hare in retaliation for injury to hare. (Cf. A2216.3.)

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A751.5.1

Filed across the traditions

Hottentot Bleek 72 No. 33.

Within the index

Filed under Man in the moon from scratches or paint.

Filed beside it

Man in the moon: dung (ashes) on moon's face smeared there by sun Mark of her mother's hand to be seen on moon's shoulder Mark of tiger's paw on moon Moon spots are tattoo marks

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Moon splits hare's lip with hatchet: hence hare-lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A751.5.1, A2342.1.)

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