Creation and condition of the stars

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Creation and condition of the stars.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The stars. Note: the question of implicit meanings assumed by the proponents of "astralmythology" is not discussed here; only explicit statements in original sources are considered. · Creation and condition of the stars. · view the constellation · filed as A760

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Scholars’ trail — 8references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross
BabylonianSpence 79
IndiaThompson-Balys
ChineseGraham. – Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 205
Eskimo (Ungava)Turner RBAE XI 266
MaoriClark 16
S. Am. Indian (Jivaro)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 148.
general *Normann Mythen der Sterne (Gotha 1925) 75ff. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 325–26

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10 finer motifs beneath it

Stars created by creator Star from union of girl with peacock Ascent to stars. People or animals ascend to the sky and become stars Star descends as human being Stars from objects thrown into sky Stars as pieces of the moon Naming the stars. The "Great Star" names the stars Origin of constellations Stars sing together Creation of the stars – miscellaneous

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