Abraham learns to worship God. At nightfall Abraham worships a star, then the moon, then the sun, and finally gives up idolatry — Mythoi

Motif

Abraham learns to worship God. At nightfall Abraham worships a star, then the moon, then the sun, and finally gives up idolatry.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Cumulative tales. · Chains with interdependent members. · view the constellation · filed as Z42.2

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman.
general *Taylor JAFL XLVI 85 No. 2031B
general Hdwb. d. Märchens II 184b
general Köhler-Bolte I 578
general Koran Surah 6, 75–78
general *Basset RTP VII 397

Within the index

Filed under Stronger and Strongest. The frost-bitten foot. Mouse perforates wall, wall resists wind, wind dissolves cloud, cloud covers sun, sun thaws frost, frost breaks foot.

Filed beside it

The Esdras chain: stronger and strongest, wine, king, woman, truth Brahmin worships idol and sets sacrifices before it daily. Rat devours offerings and he sets it up as his idol as a being more powerful than his idol. When cat devours rat, he worships it instead. His wife accidentally kills the cat, so he sets her up to worship. He happens to slap her and she loses consciousness. Thereafter he worships himself as most powerful after all

Carried in tale types

Abraham Learns to Worship God · ATU 2031B 1 recorded variant

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “nightfall” · wander