First man descends from sky

Motif

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

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Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
German New Guinea Dixon 111
Eskimo (Bering Strait) Nelson RBAE XVIII 517
Carib Alexander 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

Within the index

Filed under Emergence or descent of first man to earth.

1 finer motif beneath it

Mankind from featherless bird sent from sky

Filed beside it

Mankind ascends from under the earth. (Cf. A1631.) Mankind emerges from ground Mankind emerges from tree. (Cf. A1251.)

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