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

Motif

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

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Creation of man by creator. · view the constellation · filed as A1211.5

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Man made from creator's body.

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Man made from broken off toenail of creator

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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 from spittle of creator Man made from creator's eye 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

Travels with

Earth from creator's cuticle. (Cf. A1211.5.)

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