Man as offspring of creator

Motif

Man as offspring of creator.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Creation of man by creator. · view the constellation · filed as A1216

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 6, Section CXXIV
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 8, Section 44
FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXX
ChineseMyths & Legends of China, Chapter III

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

GreekFox 11. India: Thompson-Balys
IndonesianDixon 156, 167, Voorhoeve Overzicht 64.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of man by creator.

1 finer motif beneath it

Mankind from masturbation of creator with earth. (Cf. A615.1.)

Filed beside it

Man made from creator's body Man created in creator's image Man originates from god who comes to earth Devil's unsuccessful attempt to vivify his creations as God has done. Succeeds only in making animal Man created by co-operation of the gods

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