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

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

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

LithuanianBalys Legends Nos. 4, 34f.
Jewish*Neuman, Moreno Esdras
IndonesianDixon 172ff.
Hawaii*Beckwith Myth 43–46
S. Am. Indian (Inca)Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. (3) 504
Calif. IndianGayton 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

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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