Leo FrobeniusThinkers

The Night sea journey (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the hero swallowed by the monster in the west, lighting a fire in its belly and cutting out its heart, and slipping out bald in the east — the sun shut in the mother's womb.

A Sunrise (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a birth, and the primitive answer to “who is the father?” is that the sea-woman swallowed the old sun and so became pregnant with the new.