Origin of foam on waters — Mythoi

Motif

Origin of foam on waters.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: waters. · view the constellation · filed as A1117

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Irish Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster , Ch. 3 THE COURTING OF EMER
Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , 33 HIIAKA AND THE SEACOAST KUPUAS
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 16: An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King (Eirenaeus Philalethes)
Finnish The Kalevala , Rune XIX
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section LXXIX

Cited in the index

general West Indian: Parsons JAFL XXXII 443.

Within the index

Filed under Establishment of present order: waters.

Filed beside it

Impounded water. Water is kept by monster so that mankind cannot use it. A hero defeats the monster and releases the water. (The monster is sometimes a giant frog.) God promises never again to destroy world by water Why the sea is salt Origin of sea-waves Origin of swirling motion of water. Animals and birds scratch in it Establishment of present order: waters – miscellaneous

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