μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 276
  • Babylonian Spence 117
  • India Thompson-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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