μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Woman in the moon.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A751.8

Filed across the traditions
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 242, Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/1010).
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.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Man in the moon is an old woman busy with her spindle Man in moon is a woman threshing corn with a dog by her side Goddess in moon with calabash at her side Woman in moon's oven seen on clear nights Girl with tree carried to moon and is seen there Goddess in moon beating tapa beneath tree
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 Man in the moon from scratches or paint Cotton tree and nettles on moon Two children in moon with yoke and bucket Miscellaneous images on moon Particular individual is man in the moon Other marks on the moon

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