μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Formerly men ate grass: cattle ate rice and pulse.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of natural order. · view the constellation · filed as A1101.2.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Reversal of nature in former age.

Filed beside it
Formerly men plowed and cattle were their masters Formerly men dumb: birds and animals talked Formerly men could go safely beneath the sea

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