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A1415 Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner
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- Fire witheld from men as punishment · A1415.0.1 entry
- Original fire property of one person (animal) · A1415.0.2 entry
- Fire stolen in hollow reed · A1415.1 entry
- Theft of fire by animals · A1415.2 entry
- Theft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fire · A1415.3 entry
- Vain attempts to circumvent theft of fire · A1415.4 entry
keeps company
- Fire stolen in hollow reed · A1415.1 entry
- Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth · A721.1 entry
- Eclipse caused by monster devouring sun or moon · A737.1 entry
- Moon as wooer. The moon is enamored of a mortal · A753.1 entry
- Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth · A758 entry
- Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section · A1010 entry
- Man made from clay (earth) · A1241 entry
- Man created from stones · A1245 entry
- New race from stones thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1254.1.) · A1245.1 entry
- Theft of light. Light originally absent is stolen by culture hero · A1411 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK I, ch. VII
- The Kalevala · Rune XLVII
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 14