μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Milky Way as a road.

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 A778.2

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Filed across the traditions
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 20, Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 365.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of the Milky Way.

1 finer motif beneath it
Milky Way as path of souls (demons)
Filed beside it
Origin of Magellanic Clouds Milky Way a hunting party Milky Way as a river Milky Way as a stitched seam in the sky Milky Way as milk from breast of a woman Milky Way as the sperma of the gods Milky Way as path of a bird of passage Milky Way is smoke (ashes) Milky Way as race track Abyss at end of Milky Way

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