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Origin of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis).

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The heavenly lights. · The heavenly lights. · view the constellation · filed as A795

Filed across the traditions
  • Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 140 No. 8
  • Finnish Aarne VIII 4 No. 9
  • Finno-Ugric Holmberg Finno-Ugric 81, 287. Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266.
Within the index

Filed under The heavenly lights.

Filed beside it
Heavenly lights originate from firmament Origin of the Rainbow Origin of the signs of the zodiac Origin of colors at sunrise and sunset

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