Stars as children of the moon. Cook Zeus I 523 n. 6

Motif

Stars as children of the moon. Cook Zeus I 523 n. 6.

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 A764.1

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman
India Thompson-Balys
Indonesian Kruyt Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië LXXIX 470
general Philippines: Beckwith Myth 537
general S. Am. Indian (Amyara): Tschopik BBAE CXLIII (2) 571.

Within the index

Filed under Stars as pieces of the moon.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Stars as children of sun eaten by their father. Hence no stars in the day Sun eats all his own children except morning star, while moon keeps all her children in hiding Stars as children of sun and moon

Filed beside it

Stars as drops of the moon's blood Most brilliant stars children of the sun; others are children of the moon Stars are transformed spittle of the moon

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