μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Milky Way as path of a bird of passage.

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 A778.7

Filed across the traditions
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 434
  • general S. Am. Indian (Pañ'): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93, (Chiriguano): Métraux ibid. 483.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of the Milky Way.

Filed beside it
Origin of Magellanic Clouds Milky Way a hunting party Milky Way as a road 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 is smoke (ashes) Milky Way as race track Abyss at end of Milky Way

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