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rv - Gabrielsimon, you DON'T have consensus, you are creating a fork, and you are violating WIKipedia policy with this nonsense. Stop now.
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you created missing sun motif against consensus, i am changing that, becasue it wasyour violation, please stop being stubborn. ( third and final change in twenty four hours)
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The '''Missing Sun myth''' is a motif that appears in many [[myth]]s from around the world. The myth was probably used to explain any of several natural phenomena, including the disappearance of the [[sun]] at night, the shorter days during the winter, or even solar [[eclipse]]s. Most incarnations of the myth involve the disappearance of a [[Solar Deity]], through [[imprisonment]], [[exile]] or [[death]].

==Examples of Missing Sun myths==

[[Image:Ra Barque.jpg|right|thumb|Ra in his Solar Barge.]]

*In [[Egyptian mythology]], [[Ra]] passes through [[Duat]] (the Underworld) every night. [[Apep]] has to be defeated in the darkness hours for Ra and his Solar Barge to emerge in the east each morning.

[[Image:Amaterasu cave.JPG|right|thumb|Amaterasu finally emerges from the cave.]]

*In [[Japanese mythology]], the Sun Goddess [[Amaterasu]] is angered by the [[behavior]] of her brother, [[Susanoo]], and hides herself in a cave, plunging the world into darkness.

[[Image:Odin fenrir.gif|right|thumb|Odin is devoured by Fenrir.]]

*In [[Norse mythology]], both the gods [[Odin]] and [[Tyr]] have attributes of a [[sky father]], and they are doomed to be devoured by wolves ([[Fenrisulfr|Fenrir]] and [[Garm]], respectively) at [[Ragnarok]]. [[Sol (goddess)|Sol]], the Norse Sun Goddess, will be devoured by the wolf [[Skoll]].

[[Category:Mythology]]

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The Missing Sun myth is a motif that appears in many myths from around the world. The myth was probably used to explain any of several natural phenomena, including the disappearance of the sun at night, the shorter days during the winter, or even solar eclipses. Most incarnations of the myth involve the disappearance of a Solar Deity, through imprisonment, exile or death.

Examples of Missing Sun myths

Ra in his Solar Barge.
  • In Egyptian mythology, Ra passes through Duat (the Underworld) every night. Apep has to be defeated in the darkness hours for Ra and his Solar Barge to emerge in the east each morning.
Amaterasu finally emerges from the cave.
Odin is devoured by Fenrir.