River taken to sky becomes star. Eridanos

Motif

River taken to sky becomes star. Eridanos.

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 A761.1

Cited in the index

general Fox 244.

Within the index

Filed under Ascent to stars. People or animals ascend to the sky and become stars.

Filed beside it

Chariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great Bear Stars as transformed lovers Stars as fires in the hearths of ghosts Stars are men peering through holes in sky Stars thought of as living beings

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