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Group No. 11


Letter

A. Mythological Motifs

Group No.

A760 – A799

Group name

The stars and the heavenly lights

Description

A760.1. Stars created by creator. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A764. Stars as pieces of the moon. *BP I 232; Köhler-Bolte I 484, 505; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A764.1. Stars as children of the moon. Cook Zeus I 523 n. 6. – Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Kruyt Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië» LXXIX 470; Philippines: Beckwith Myth 537; S. Am. Indian (Amyara): Tschopik BBAE CXLIII (2) 571.
 
A767. Stars sing together. Hebrew: Job 38:7; Jewish: Neuman; Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 110.
 
A769.2. Stars rebel against God. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A769.3. Stars supervised by angels. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A769.4. A769.4. Speaking stars. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A771. Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major). *Andree Ethnographische Parallelen (1878) 104; *Handwb. d. Aberglaubens IX Nachträge 681f.; *Basset RTP XXVIII 112 with references to earlier volumes. – Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 276; Greek: Fox 21 (Kallisto), 251; Jewish: Neuman; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 34 No. 5; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 81 Nos. 10, 11; Egyptian: Müller 59; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 426; Hindu: Keith 102; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 12 No. 5. – N. A. Indian (Eskimo, Iroquois, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Mandan, Sioux): Alexander N. Am. 9, 26, 96, *278 n. 14; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 93.
 
A773.7. Two stars from Great Bear constellation transferred to Pleiades. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A779. Origin of stars – miscellaneous. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 22; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 21f.
 
A780.1. Planets supervised by angels. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A790.1. Heavenly lights originate from firmament. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A791.10. Rainbow as covenant between creator and men. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A796. Origin of the signs of the zodiac. Jewish: Neuman.

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