Moon cut in two by sun: hence waxes and wanes

Motif

Moon cut in two by sun: hence waxes and wanes.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A755.4

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Causes of moon's phases.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Moon cut in half Moon stolen and divided into quarters Moon's phases caused by animals gnawing at edge

Filed beside it

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 Moon's phases caused by watcher's death. Moon is hung in tree and is tended by four men. As one dies it loses a quarter. Later it is united in the lower world Moon's waning caused by her sickness. Moon's phases caused by feeding or starving Moon's phases as punishment for moon's misdoing Moon's waning caused by menstrual period

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