μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Origin of comets.

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 A786

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • S. Am. Indian (Viracocha)Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 551.
  • general Frazer Ovid III 198 n. 4. Tahiti: Henry 227
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Filed under The planets (comets, etc.).

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Planets supervised by angelsOrigin of Venus (planet)Origin of Jupiter (planet)Relation of the planets to human lifeOrigin of meteors

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