Origin of stars – miscellaneous

Motif

Origin of stars – miscellaneous.

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 A779

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

JewishNeuman
Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 22
S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 21f.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of particular stars.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of Coal Sack Origin of constellation Aquila Origin of constellation Argo

Filed beside it

Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major)Origin of Orion Origin of the Pleiades Origin of the North Star. (Cf. A702.3.)Origin of Hyades Origin of constellation Lyra. Greek (Orpheus's lyre)Origin of constellation Scorpio Origin of the Milky Way

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