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A700.4. Heavenly bodies created after the plant world. Jewish: Neuman.
A701. Creation of the sky. Babylonian: Spence 79; Hebrew: Genesis, ch. 1; Jewish: Neuman; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 384; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham.
A701.0.1. Creation of firmament. Jewish: Neuman.
A702.3.1. Celestial bodies attached to a wheel in heaven around which they move. Jewish: Neuman.
A703. Angels arrange course of heavenly bodies. Jewish: Neuman.
A710 – A739 The sun
A712.1. Moon from light, sun from fire. Jewish: Neuman.
A719.3. Sun created on fourth day of creation. Jewish: Neuman.
A721.0.3. Sun kept in a case. Jewish: Neuman.
A722.5.1. Sun bathes in stream of fire at night. Jewish: Neuman.
A722.5.2. Sun led through stream to cool off heat at night; otherwise might consume earth. Jewish: Neuman.
A722.11. Sun worships God by night. Jewish: Neuman.
A724. Chariot of the sun. *Helm Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte I 178, 256; Cook Zeus I 205ff. – Greek: Fox 243, cf. A722.1., Grote I 313; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 198; Babylonian: Spence 236; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
A724.1.2. Chariot of sun accompanied by angels. Jewish: Neuman.
A725. Man controls rising and setting of sun. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
A726.1. Sun and moon make daily tour under direct orders of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A726.2. Wings of sun. Jewish: Neuman.
A731. Sun as king of sky and earth. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Africa: Bouveignes 14.
A731.1. Sun sits on throne. Jewish: Neuman.
A731.2. Crown of the sun. Jewish: Neuman.
A733.1. Why sunlight is so much stronger than moonlight. Jewish: Neuman.
A733.2. Mortal cannot look at sun since God's name is engraved on it. Jewish: Neuman.
A733.3. Two faces of the sun: fire, directed toward earth; hail, directed toward heaven. Jewish: Neuman.
A733.2. Mortal cannot look at sun since God's name is engraved on it. Jewish: Neuman.
A733.3. Two faces of the sun: fire, directed toward earth; hail, directed toward heaven. Jewish: Neuman.
A733.5. Sun dries out earth with its heat. Jewish: Neuman.
A736.1.4. Sun and moon married. *Fb. "sol" III 457b. – Lettish: Gray 321; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 133, Eberhard FFC CXX 113. – African: Werner African 232, (Fang): Trilles 171f.; Hatt Asiatic Influences 74f. – Tlingit: Alexander N. Am. 257; S. Am. Indian (Fuegian): Alexander Lat. Am. 342, (Jivaro): Stewart-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 627, Métraux RMLP XXXIII 129, (Aymara): Tschopik BBAE CXLIII (2) 571, (Chibcha): Kroeber ibid. 908.
A737. Causes of eclipses (sun or moon). *Hdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens II 1511; Penzer II 81f . – Estonian: Loortis Grundzüge I 153, 410ff.; Icel.: De la Saussaye 344; Jewish: Neuman; Korean: Zong in-Sob 11 No. 4; Hindu: Keith 137, 151, 192, 232f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. – Montagnais: Alexander N. Am. 25; Mataguaya (Pampean): Alexander Lat. Am. 319.
A737.1. Eclipse caused by monster devouring sun or moon. *Fb "solulv"; *Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 492a.; Gaster Oldest Stories 234; Gaster Thespis 206. – Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 279; Finnish: Kalevala rune 47; Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 424; Jugo-Slav: Machal Slavic Myth 229; Armenian: Ananikian 48. – Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 736; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Wilken Indische Gids (1885) I 240; Tahiti: Henry 227; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 123, 158, 165, (Mocoví): Métraux MAFLS XL 20, (Manao): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 712, (Guarani, Manasi, Guarayú, Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93, 393, 483, (Guayaki): Métraux-Baldus BBAE CXLIII (1) 444, (Toba, Abipón, Mocovi, Mataco, Vilela): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie ibid. 434 (Tucuna): Nimuendajú BBAE CXLIII (3) 724.
A737.9. Eclipse as punishment by deity. Jewish: Neuman.
A737.10. Eclipses because sun cannot endure tragic happenings of history. Jewish: Neuman.
A738.2.1. Religious sun and moon. Jewish: Neuman.
A738.2.2. Sun endowed with wisdom and passion. Jewish: Neuman.
A738.3. Sun's healing powers. Jewish: Neuman.
A738.4. Sun's power over plants. Jewish: Neuman.
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