Origin of the North Star. (Cf. A702.3.)

Motif

Origin of the North Star. (Cf. A702.3.)

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 A774

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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.

general *Basset RTP XXII 355 and references to earlier volumes. – Hindu: Keith 165.

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Filed under Origin of particular stars.

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Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major)Origin of Orion Origin of the Pleiades Origin of Hyades Origin of constellation Lyra. Greek (Orpheus's lyre)Origin of constellation Scorpio Origin of the Milky Way Origin of stars – miscellaneous

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Sky supported by north star ("nail of the north") around which it revolves. (Cf. A665, A774.)

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