Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

A2E. Some sunshine per day

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Different suns shine in the sky at different times during the same day.

Llanos. Cuiva [one sun shines until noon, then hides in the cave; the other in the afternoon; it's smaller than the morning sun; the big moon shines until midnight, the smaller one after]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1991b:27 ( note 2).

Guiana. Kalinya [the sun is three sisters, one shines in the morning, the other in the middle of the day, the third in the evening; the young man fell in love with one of his younger sisters; caught her by the hair with a hooked branch; after long pleas let go; three sisters have been walking high above the ground ever since]: Magaña 1983:36.