μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Earth as virgin mother of Adam.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Emergence or descent of first man to earth. · view the constellation · filed as A1234.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Cited in the index
  • general *Denk Zs. f. Vksk. XII 352.
Within the index

Filed under Mankind emerges from ground.

1 finer motif beneath it
Primeval human pair spring from womb of Mother Earth. (Cf. A1270.)
Filed beside it
Mankind emerges from mountain Spontaneous generation. Scientists find child on deserted island. They suggest that he has emerged from the ground Earth gives birth to woman

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