First man descends from sky.
Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Emergence or descent of first man to earth. · view the constellation · filed as A1231
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 9references
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- India*Thompson-Balys
- German New GuineaDixon 111
- Eskimo (Bering Strait)Nelson RBAE XVIII 517
- CaribAlexander Lat. Am. 38
- S. Am. Indian (Inca)Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315, (Yagua): Steward-Métraux ibid. (3) 736, (Warrau): Kirchoff ibid. (3) 880, (Bacairi): Lévi-Strauss ibid. (3) 347, (Tiatinagua): Métraux ibid. (3) 448, (Toba, Mataco): Métraux ibid. (1) 367, Métraux MAFLS XL 21f., 101. – African: Werner African 152.
- general *Lang Myth I 75
- general Northern Australia: ibid. 274
- general Kei Is. (Indonesia): ibid. 156
- general Eastern Indonesian: ibid. 167. – N. Am. Indian: Krickeberg Indianermärchen aus Nordamerika 10
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