μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Shooting star one that has come down to graze.

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 A788.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of meteors.

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Falling stars as pieces of the moonShooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnantShooting stars are star-dungShooting stars are unfaithful wives

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