Origin of swirling motion of water. Animals and birds scratch in it — Mythoi

Motif

Origin of swirling motion of water. Animals and birds scratch in it.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: waters. · view the constellation · filed as A1118

Filed across the traditions

Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 283f.
Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 4 No. 7, XXXIII 51 No. 7
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 140 No. 5
Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 81 No. 6.

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 foam on waters Establishment of present order: waters – miscellaneous

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