The constellation
A815 Earth from turtle's back. Earth erected on back of a turtle floating in primeval water. (Cf. A844.1.)
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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● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
keeps company
- 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
- Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water · A810 entry
- Earth Diver. From a raft in the primeval sea, the creator sends down animals to try to bring up earth. After a number of animals have failed, one (often the muskrat) succeeds. The earth is made from the bit brought up · A812 entry
cross-ref
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 5