Moon kept in box. (Cf. A755.1)

Motif

Moon kept in box. (Cf. A755.1).

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A754

Filed across the traditions

French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11. – N. Am. Indian: Thompson Tales 282 n. 45
German New Guinea Dixon 112. – Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 421
Chinese Graham.

Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it

Moon buried in pit

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 there Moon as a person Causes of moon's phases Moon as sun's representative at night Moon-boat Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth Condition and nature of the moon – miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Moon's phases caused by its being put in box. (Cf. A754). When it is closed up in the box, it is dark; when taken out of the box, light

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