The constellation
A74 Reluctant creator
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- Creator tries to devour his son, the culture hero · A71 entry
- Original creator followed by transformers. These demigods change the original creation into the present forms · A72 entry
- Lonely creator. The creator is tired of solitude and therefore inaugurates the creation · A73 entry
- Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth · A75 entry
- Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) · A76 entry
- Creator's works survive him · A77 entry
- Creator goes to make afterworld · A78 entry
- Creator goes to sky · A81 entry
- Creator of animals · A84 entry
- Creation match between goddess-wife, god-husband · A85 entry