Search
Motifs — first 20 of 289
- Creator with sun and moon in hands. A18.6
- Sun and moon (man and wife) as creators. A19.1
- Creator's companions: sun and moon. A38.1
- Banished devil appears on earth only on day of dark moon. A106.2.1.1
- Moon as deity. (Cf. A240.) A121.1
- God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon. A123.10
- Sun and moon as habitations of gods. A151.6.2
- Moon steals food from banquet of the gods. (Cf. A153.1.) A153.3.1
- Sun, moon and wind dine with their uncle and aunt, thunder and lightning. A153.3.2
- Powers of nature (sun, moon, etc.) as God's messengers. A165.2.4
- Moon-god, overcome in contest with mortal, threatens to withold rain and game. A182.3.6
- Deity departs for moon. A192.2.1.1
- Sun-god couples with the moon. A220.0.2
- Moon-god. A240
- Moon-goddess. A240.1
- Twin culture heroes conceived of as sun and moon. A515.1.1.3
- Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
- Moon as next world. (Cf. A750.) A695
- Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars. A700.1
- A woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and water. A700.3
Episodes
- Australian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales · 3 Bahloo the Moon, and the Daens
- Australian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales · 25 Mooregoo the Mopoke, and Moonin-
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 175 175.— THE MOON.
- Myths of the Cherokee · ( Josmogonic Myths — Myth 8 8. THE MOON AND THE THUNDERS.
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 2 II. SUN SISTER AND MOON BROTHER *
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 17 XVII. THE MAN IN THE MOON ®
Tale types
- ATU 1334 The Local Moon
- ATU 1334* The Old Moon and the Stars
- ATU 1335 The Swallowed Moon (previously The Eaten Moon)
- ATU 1335* Setting Sun (Rising Moon) Mistaken for Fire
- ATU 1335A Catching the Moon (previously Rescuing the Moon)
- ATU 1341D The Thief and the Moonlight
- ATU 328A* Three Brothers Steal Back the Sun, Moon, and Star
- ATU 751E* Man in the Moon