Star-husband. Star takes mortal maiden as wife

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Star-husband. Star takes mortal maiden as wife.

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 A762.1

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N. Am. IndianThompson Tales 330 n. 193, Alexander N. Am. 94, Hatt Asiatic Influences. Cf. Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 538f.
general **Thompson "The Star-husband Tale," Studia Septentrionalia IV (Oslo 1953) 93–163

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Mortal marries star-girl

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