μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Origin of Venus (planet).

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. · The planets (comets, etc.). · view the constellation · filed as A781

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • SiberianHolmberg Siberian 432. – Eskimo: Alexander N. Am. 9
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 365, (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550
  • Africa (Fang)Trilles 136.
  • general *RTP XVII 227 and references to earlier volumes. Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 434f., 535–540
Within the index

Filed under The planets (comets, etc.).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of Morning StarOrigin of Evening Star
Filed beside it
Planets supervised by angelsOrigin of Jupiter (planet)Origin of cometsRelation of the planets to human lifeOrigin of meteors

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