The constellation
A641 Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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The same sky, in words
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- Heaven and earth from egg. They are the two halves of an egg shell. Eros escapes as they are separated · A641.1 entry
- Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts · A641.2 entry
keeps company
- Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts · A641.2 entry
- Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water · A810 entry
- Topographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etc · A901 entry
- Conception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.) · T524 entry
- Long pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the mother · T574 entry
- Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator · A21.1 entry
- Culture hero snatched from mother's side · A511.1.1 entry
Thompson cites
- The Kalevala · Rune I