Moon as wooer. The moon is enamored of a mortal

Motif

Moon as wooer. The moon is enamored of a mortal.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A753.1

Filed across the traditions

Greek *Frazer Apollodorus I 61 n. 2 (Endymion) → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VII
Estonian Loorits Grundzüge I 427. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 273 n. 6a.

Within the index

Filed under Moon as a person.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Moon abducts woman Moon (man) cohabits with woman Moon (goddess, woman) cohabits with mortal man Moon married to mortal woman Moon and mortal have child

Filed beside it

Moon has house Moon as person – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Marriage of mortal and moon. (Cf. A753.1.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section Man made from clay (earth) Man created from stones New race from stones thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1254.1.) Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner Fire stolen in hollow reed

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