μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man made from clay image and vivified. (Cf. A1241.2, A1252.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Man made from mineral substance. · view the constellation · filed as A1241.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 4, 34f.
  • Jewish *Neuman, Moreno Esdras
  • Indonesian Dixon 172ff.
  • Hawaii *Beckwith Myth 43–46
  • S. Am. Indian (Inca) Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. (3) 504
  • Calif. Indian Gayton and Newman 94.
  • general Banks Is., New Hebrides: ibid. 107
Within the index

Filed under Man made from clay (earth).

Filed beside it
Man made from piece of clay thrown on ground Man made from sand sprinkled with water Man made from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice Man made of earth brought from four different places
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Man made from sand sprinkled with water Mankind from vivified stone image. (Cf. A1241.3, A1252.1.) Mankind from vivified wooden image. (Cf. A1241.3, A1245.2) Men live by the breath of the gods. (Cf. A1241.3.)

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