Comparative mythology corpus

Rising Sun Threatened By Devouring Devil And Saved By Animals

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Ainu Aino Folk-Tales HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 1011-1094 high At sunrise in the east, a devil tries to swallow the sun; someone puts crows or foxes into the devil's mouth so the sun rises, and these animals share human food in return. record