μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Moon as a person.

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

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“Gradually both were lifted up and continued their course in the sky, the sister being transformed into the sun, the brother into the moon.® Whenever the new moon first appears she sings: Aningaga tapika, takirn tapika qaumidjatedlirpoq; qaumatitaudle. Aningaga tapika, tikipoq tapika. (My brother up there, the moon up there begins to shine; he will be bright. My brother up there, he is coming up there.)”

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Attested across traditions
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Filed under Nature and condition of the moon. Many motifs in A720 to A739 refer to the moon and are not here repeated.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Moon as wooer. The moon is enamored of a mortalMoon has houseMoon as person – miscellaneous
Filed beside it
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 thereMoon kept in box. (Cf. A755.1)Causes of moon's phasesMoon as sun's representative at nightMoon-boatTheft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earthCondition and nature of the moon – miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Pursuit of sun by moonTell-tale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistressBrother-sister incest

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