Sky lowers on people.
Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary sky and weather phenomena. · view the constellation · filed as F791.1
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XXVIIIXXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
- North American IndigenousNavaho Legends, Legend 1
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter VV. The Magical Control of the Weather
- Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter IX
- Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XVII
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.
- Eskimo (Bering Strait)Nelson RBAE XVIII 495.
Within the index
Filed under Rising and falling sky. Sky rises and falls at horizon, giving periodic access to the other world.