μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man in the moon from scratches or paint.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A751.5

Cited in the index
  • general S. Am. Indian (Caviña, Tumupasa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448, (Chamacoco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Guarani): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93, (Tembé): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 140, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 142f., (Peru): 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.

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

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “scratches” · wander