μῦθοι Mythoi
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

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Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • KoreanZong in-Sob 14 No. 6
  • JapaneseIkeda. – Hawaii: Henry 345
  • TongaGifford 20
  • MaoriClark 50
  • AustralianDixon 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
  • EkoiTalbot 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. EridanosChariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great BearStars as transformed loversStars as fires in the hearths of ghostsStars are men peering through holes in skyStars thought of as living beings
Filed beside it
Stars created by creatorStar from union of girl with peacockStar descends as human beingStars from objects thrown into skyStars as pieces of the moonNaming the stars. The "Great Star" names the starsOrigin of constellationsStars sing togetherCreation of the stars – miscellaneous

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