Man made from clay (earth)

Motif

Man made from clay (earth).

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Part 1, Chapter 2
Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part II — CHAPTER IV
Japanese / Shinto Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters , Section 29
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 16: An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King (Eirenaeus Philalethes)
Japanese / Shinto Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan , Book 3

Filed across the traditions

Greek *Frazer Apollodorus I 51 n. 5, Fox 10f., 13, 208 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VII
Jewish *Neuman
Hindu Penzer III 59
Babylonian Spence 86
Siberian Holmberg Siberian 373
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 114ff. – Polynesian (Maori, Hawaii, Tahiti, Society Is., Marquesas): Dixon 24–26
Indonesian ibid. 172ff. n. 96–100, 104–106
Australian ibid. 273
Marquesas Handy 122f.
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 44ff.
Easter Is. Métraux Ethnology 315. – Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 454
N. Am. Indian Krickeberg Indianermärchen 267, 307, 321f., (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 56
Aztec Alexander Lat. Am. 85
Quiché ibid. 163.
general *Dh I 89-III passim
general Barton JAOS XXXIX 287
general *Frazer Old Testament I 3–29. – Irish myth: Cross
general S. Am. Indian (Lengua): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367, (Apapocuva-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 136

Within the index

Filed under Man made from mineral substance.

5 finer motifs beneath 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 from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice Man made of earth brought from four different places

Filed beside it

Man created from stones Mankind originates from shell Mankind originates from metals

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Moon as wooer. The moon is enamored of a mortal Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section Man created from stones New race from stones thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1254.1.) Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner Fire stolen in hollow reed

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