μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman. – Mexican Indian: (Tarascan) Alexander Lat. Am. 85, (Zapotecan) ibid. 87
  • Polynesia Dixon 21 n. 47
  • Hawaiian Beckwith Myth 42
  • Mono-Alu Wheeler 28, 66f., 70
  • Easter Is. Métraux BMB CLX 313
  • Marshall Is. Davenport Folk Tales 221f.
  • Tahiti Henry Ancient Tahiti 335ff.
  • New Hebrides Codrington II 365. – Armenian: Ananikian 20
  • African Werner African 127ff., **Frobenius and Fox, (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 267
  • Hindu Penzer I 10
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 338
  • Icel. Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 326
  • Irish myth Cross.
  • general For a general bibliography of creation myths, see Alexander N. Am. 278 n. 15. For bibliographies of North American Indian mythologies arranged by areas, see Thompson Tales 272 n. 1
  • general **Feilberg Skabelses og Syndflodssagn
  • general Guarayú: Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147
Within the index
5 finer motifs beneath it
Identity of creator Multiple creators Creative mother source of everything Reason for creation Creator's descendants. (Cf. A32.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Supreme god as creator. (Cf. A0.) Opening of creator's eyes creates day. (Cf. A0.) Creation of animals by creator. (Cf. A0.) Topographical features of the earth arranged by creator. (Cf. A0.) Magic objects created by God on sixth day. (Cf. A0)

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