μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man from spittle of creator.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Creation of man by creator. · view the constellation · filed as A1211.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends No. 32
  • Oceanic Dixon 24.
Within the index

Filed under Man made from creator's body.

1 finer motif beneath it
Being made from spittle of the gods
Filed beside it
Man springs into existence from deity's body by his mere thinking Man from dirt mixed with creator's blood Man from sweat of creator Man made from creator's eye Man made from dirt rubbed from creator's (hero's) body. (Cf. A833) Primeval human pair spring from two drops of urine of creator (woman from half-drop) First man the result of maid having licked semen-stained loin cloth of creator's teacher Primeval crab pulls first five living creatures out of his side

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