Rainbow as snake

Motif

Rainbow as snake.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The heavenly lights. · The heavenly lights. · view the constellation · filed as A791.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter V V. The Magical Control of the Weather
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter VIII
Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , Chapter 3
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section XIV
Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 5

Filed across the traditions

African Werner African 234
general S. Am. Indian (Moré): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 406, (Ashluslay): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38, (Vilela): ibid. 40.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of the Rainbow.

Filed beside it

Rainbow as bow of deity Rainbow made as bridge by the gods Rainbow has three colors Rainbow is a transformed king; the lesser rainbow is the king's wife Rainbow from gods' emptying their drinking cups Rainbow is horse of rain-god Rainbow comes out of an anthill Origin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers) Rainbow as covenant between creator and men

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