Moon as sun's representative at night

Motif

Moon as sun's representative at night.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The moon. · Nature and condition of the moon. · view the constellation · filed as A756

Filed across the traditions

Egyptian Müller 84.

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.

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 Moon kept in box. (Cf. A755.1) Causes of moon's phases 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

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