μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Origin of the Rainbow.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends No. 30
  • India Thompson-Balys. – Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 234
  • S. Am. Indian (Amuesha) Métraux RMLP XXXIII 149, (Botocudo): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 540, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38
  • Zulu Callaway 293, 295.
  • general *Wünsche "Der Regenbogen in den Mythen und Sagen der Völker" Nord und Süd LXXXII (1898) 70–82
  • general *RTP XXIII 221 and references to earlier volumes. – Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under The heavenly lights.

10 finer motifs beneath it
Rainbow as bow of deity Rainbow as snake 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
Filed beside it
Heavenly lights originate from firmament Origin of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) Origin of the signs of the zodiac Origin of colors at sunrise and sunset

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