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• Stars as deities. A121
• Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars. A700.1
• Sun, moon, and stars forged by smith. A700.5
• Sun, moon, and stars nourished on fire. A700.7
• Creator separates sun and moon to prevent birth of more stars. A736.1.4.3
• Creation and condition of the stars. A760
• Stars created by creator. A760.1
• Ascent to stars. People or animals ascend to the sky and become stars. A761
• Stars as transformed lovers. A761.3
• Stars as fires in the hearths of ghosts. A761.4
• Stars are men peering through holes in sky. A761.5
• Stars thought of as living beings. A761.6
• Stars from objects thrown into sky. A763
• Stars from arrows shot at sky. A763.1
• Stars hung by god in heavens to decorate it. A763.2
• Stars as pieces of the moon. A764
• Stars as children of the moon. Cook Zeus I 523 n. 6. A764.1
• Stars as children of sun eaten by their father. Hence no stars in the day. A764.1.1
• Stars as children of sun and moon. A764.1.3
• Stars as drops of the moon's blood. A764.2
• Most brilliant stars children of the sun; others are children of the moon. A764.3
• Stars are transformed spittle of the moon. A764.4
• Naming the stars. The "Great Star" names the stars. A765
• Stars sing together. A767
• Creation of the stars – miscellaneous. A769
• Stars are trees growing on the clouds. A769.1
• Stars rebel against God. A769.2
• Stars supervised by angels. A769.3
• Speaking stars. A769.4
• Sun gives light to stars. A769.5
• Origin of particular stars. A770
• Two stars from Great Bear constellation transferred to Pleiades. A773.7
• Origin of stars – miscellaneous. A779
• Falling stars as pieces of the moon. A788.1
• Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. A788.3
• Shooting stars are star-dung. A788.4
• Shooting stars are unfaithful wives. A788.5
• Behavior of stars at end of world. A1051
• Stars fall down at end of world. A1051.1
• End of world when stars in one constellation overtake those in another. A1051.2
• Sun will lock moon in deep ditch in earth's bottom and will eat up stars at end of world. A1066
• Rain shed by stars. A1131.6
• Lightning from heavenly horses striking hoofs against stars. A1141.3
• Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
• Adam's name composed of initial letters of four stars from the four quarters of the heavens. A1281.6.1
• Adam named from first letters of four stars. A1577.1
• Tabu: counting the stars. C897.1
• Magic objects received from sun, moon, and stars, etc. D814
• Sign in stars as portent. D1291.2.1
• Moon (stars) answers questions. D1311.6.1
• Divination by stars. (Cf. D1291.2.) D1311.6.4
• Wishing by stars. D1761.1
• Stars furnish omens. D1812.5.1.6
• Man sees angels over the heads of the good and black stars over the bad. D1825.3.2
• Shooting star signifies a birth. Stars are the dead. When they fall they are being reborn. At death they are replaced in the sky. E741.1.2
• Artificial heavens. Placed on pillars of iron. Seven heavens. (1) glass, sun, moon, stars, (2) iron with lake in it, (3) tin with precious stones rolling about (thunder), (4) lead, (5) copper, (6) silver, (7) gold. F792
• Dress of gold, silver, color of sun, moon and stars. F821.1.5
• Handkerchief color of sun, moon, and stars. F822.1
• Sun, moon, and stars do not shine seven days, mourning Adam's death. F961.0.3.1
• Extraordinary behavior of stars. F961.2
• Stars and planets speak. F961.2.4
• Fighting stars melt iron chariots. F961.2.6
• Star swallows four other stars. F961.2.7
• Stars drop on grave during conjuration. (Cf. F962.3.) F961.2.9
• Stars as cannibals. G11.8.1
• Moon on forehead and stars in palm of hand as sign of royalty. H71.1.1
• What is highest? Sun, moon, and stars. H642.1
• Riddle: how many stars in the heavens? H702
• How many stars in the heavens? As many as the grains of sand; if you don't believe it, count them yourself. H702.1
• How many stars in the heaven? Two million; if you don't believe it, count them yourself. H702.1.1
• How many stars in the heavens? As many as the hairs in the head; if you don't believe it, count them yourself. H702.2
• How many stars in the heavens? As many as the hairs in the goatskin (on a donkey). H702.2.1
• How many stars in the heavens? As many as the points on paper; if you don't believe it, count them yourself. H702.3
• How many leaves are on the tree? Counterquestion: how many stars in the sky? (Cf. H702.) H705.3
• Riddle: king in white; courtiers in white. (Moon and stars.) H731.2
• Directions on quest given by sun, moon, wind, and stars. H1232
• Glowworm thinks he shines like stars. J953.12
• Stars made from the old moon. J2271.2.2
• Same air at home as abroad. Because the stars are the same. J2274.2
• Absurd theories about the stars. J2275
• The philosophical watchman. A master sets his servant to keep watch over his horse at night. He soon asks the servant if he is asleep. "No, I was thinking of who created so many stars in the sky." The second time the servant answers, "No, I was thinking of who dug the sea. Where did he put the soil?" The third time: "I was wondering who would carry the saddle now that the horse is stolen." J2377
• Penniless wooer. "House of my father with one hundred fifty lights and goat pen." When the servant in bed so remarks the master marries his daughter to him. Arrived at the hut, he explains that the lights are the stars whose beams enter through the cracks in the roof. One goat is tied to the tree. K1917.4
• Oil lamp blown out: had thought that it outshone stars. L475
• Swearing by the elements: sun, moon, stars, wind. M119.1
• Horoscope taken by means of stars. M302.4
• Man who derided another's faith in the stars becomes respected astrologer. (Cf. P481.) N186
• Escape to the stars. Fugitives rise in the air and become stars. (Cf. R324.) R321
• Sister escapes to the stars to avoid marrying brother. He is the thunder and her face is Lightning. R321.1
• Worship of stars. (Cf. A250.) V1.4.4