μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • LithuanianBalys Legends No. 30
  • IndiaThompson-Balys. – Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 234
  • S. Am. Indian (Amuesha)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 149, (Botocudo): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 540, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38
  • ZuluCallaway 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 deityRainbow as snakeRainbow made as bridge by the godsRainbow has three colorsRainbow is a transformed king; the lesser rainbow is the king's wifeRainbow from gods' emptying their drinking cupsRainbow is horse of rain-godRainbow comes out of an anthillOrigin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers)Rainbow as covenant between creator and men
Filed beside it
Heavenly lights originate from firmamentOrigin of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)Origin of the signs of the zodiacOrigin of colors at sunrise and sunset

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