Man made from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice

Motif

Man made from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Man made from mineral substance. · view the constellation · filed as A1241.4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 4, Section LV
Norse The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) , THE SECOND OR ANCIENT LAY OF GUDRUN
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter X

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Man made from clay (earth).

1 finer motif beneath it

Man from clay and animal's blood

Filed beside it

Man made from piece of clay thrown on ground Man made from sand sprinkled with water Man made from clay image and vivified. (Cf. A1241.2, A1252.1.) Man made of earth brought from four different places

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