Breathing of deity (spirit) causes winds — Mythoi

Motif

Breathing of deity (spirit) causes winds.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: winds. · view the constellation · filed as A1121

Filed across the traditions

Chinese Werner 77 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter III
Maori Clark 19
Eskimo (Bering Strait) Nelson RBAE XVIII 175, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 267
S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 28.

Within the index

Filed under Establishment of present order: winds.

Filed beside it

Cave of winds. Winds originally confined in caves Winds as children of titans (giants) Winds caused by flapping wings. A giant bird causes the wind with his wings. The wings are cut by the culture hero so that the bird cannot flap so hard Wind caused by wind-god's movements. When the son of the wind lies down, the wind blows Winds of the four quarters established Regulation of winds Establishment of present order: winds – miscellaneous

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Creator with dragon's head Creator with two horns on head Dwarfish creator Creator clothed in bear-skin (or in leaves) Creator with hammer and chisel in hands Creator with sun and moon in hands Creator comes out of chaos Creator offspring of dual powers of nature. (Male and female principles.) Creator's companions: unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) Creator's works survive him

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