μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Creation of man through evolution. · view the constellation · filed as A1225.2.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 68.
Within the index

Filed under Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them.

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