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

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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.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: winds. · view the constellation · filed as A1125

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

WelshThe Mabinogion, THE DREAM OF RHONABWYTHE DREAM OF RHONABWY

Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icel.MacCulloch Eddic 276
BabylonianSpence 117
IndiaThompson-Balys. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 292 n. 74
American Negro (Georgia)Harris Friends 39ff. No. 5.
general Gaster Thespis 158

Within the index

Filed under Establishment of present order: winds.

1 finer motif beneath it

Wind caused by flapping of ears of giant

Filed beside it

Breathing of deity (spirit) causes winds Cave of winds. Winds originally confined in caves Winds as children of titans (giants)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

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