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

Motif

Ascent to stars. People or animals ascend to the sky and become 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 A761

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Korean Zong in-Sob 14 No. 6
Japanese Ikeda. – Hawaii: Henry 345
Tonga Gifford 20
Maori Clark 50
Australian Dixon 299
Eskimo (Cumberland Sound) Boas BAM XV 174
S. Am. Indian (Jivaro) Métraux RMLP XXXIII 129, 140f., Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 627, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 34, (Yuracari): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 144, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 434, (Tapirape): Wagley-Galvao BBAE CXLIII (3) 178, (Amyara): Tschopik BBAE CXLIII (2) 571
Ekoi Talbot 355.
general *Dh I 289. – Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 534f.

Within the index

Filed under Creation and condition of the stars.

6 finer motifs beneath it

River taken to sky becomes star. Eridanos 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

Filed beside it

Stars created by creator Star from union of girl with peacock 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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