μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Naming the stars. The "Great Star" names the 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 A765

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • BushmanBleek and Lloyd 79.
Within the index

Filed under Creation and condition of the stars.

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Stars created by creatorStar from union of girl with peacockAscent to stars. People or animals ascend to the sky and become starsStar descends as human beingStars from objects thrown into skyStars as pieces of the moonOrigin of constellationsStars sing togetherCreation of the stars – miscellaneous

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