Origin of the Southern Cross. Analogous legends in the southern hemisphere with those of Ursa Major in the northern

Motif

Origin of the Southern Cross. Analogous legends in the southern hemisphere with those of Ursa Major in the northern.

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. · Origin of particular stars. · view the constellation · filed as A771.1

Cited in the index

general Andree Ethnographische Parallelen (1878) 113. – Macobi (Pampean): Alexander Lat. Am. 319.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major).

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