Man made from broken off toenail of creator

Motif

Man made from broken off toenail of creator.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Creation of man by creator. · view the constellation · filed as A1211.5.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

S. Am. Indian (Yuracare)Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503.

Within the index

Filed under Man made from dirt rubbed from creator's (hero's) body. (Cf. A833).

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