Establishment of present order: waters – miscellaneous — Mythoi

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Establishment of present order: waters – miscellaneous.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: waters. · view the constellation · filed as A1119

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Why sea is blue. New Guinea: Ker 25 Why sea waters are warm: kept so by Leviathan Origin of sea's unpleasant odor

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