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A788.2. Shooting star one that has come down to graze. India: Thompson-Balys.
A762. Star descends as human being.
A788.3. Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. India: Thompson-Balys.
A788.4. Shooting stars are star-dung. India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 624.
A788.5. Shooting stars are unfaithful wives. Africa (Fang): Trilles 174.
A790. The heavenly lights.
A790.1. Heavenly lights originate from firmament. Jewish: Neuman.
A791. Origin of the Rainbow. *Wünsche "Der Regenbogen in den Mythen und Sagen der Volker" Nord und Süd LXXXII (1898) 70—82; *RTP XXIII 221 and references to earlier volumes. — Irish myth: Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 30; India: Thompson-Balys. — Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 234; S. Am. Indian (Amuesha): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 149, (Botocudo): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 540, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38; Zulu: Callaway 293, 295.
N516. Treasure at end of rainbow.
A791.1. Rainbow as bow of deity. Gaster Thespis 261 n. 21; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 443f.
A791.2. Rainbow as snake. African: Werner African 234; S. Am. Indian (Moré): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 406, (Ashluslay): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38, (Vilela): ibid. 40.
A791.3. Rainbow made as bridge by the gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 329.
F152.1.1. Rainbow bridge to otherworld.
A791.4. Rainbow has three colors. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 329.
A791.5. Rainbow is a transformed king; the lesser rainbow is the king's wife. India: Thompson-Balys.
A791.6. Rainbow from gods' emptying their drinking cups. India: Thompson-Balys.
A791.7. Rainbow is horse of rain-god. India: Thompson-Balys.
A791.8. Rainbow comes out of an anthill. India: Thompson-Balys.
A791.8.1. Rainbow lives in a hole. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38.
A791.9. Origin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers). Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 266.
A791.10. Rainbow as covenant between creator and men. Jewish: Neuman.
A795. Origin of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 140 No. 8; Finnish: Aarne VIII 4 No. 9; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 81, 287. — Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266.
A796. Origin of the signs of the zodiac. Jewish: Neuman.
A797. Origin of colors at sunrise and sunset. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/191).
