μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of man from wood.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Man made from vegetable substance. · view the constellation · filed as A1252

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Borneo Dixon 174f.
  • S. Am. Indian (Paressi) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 360.
Within the index

Filed under Man made from vegetable substance.

1 finer motif beneath it
Mankind from vivified wooden image. (Cf. A1241.3, A1245.2)
Filed beside it
Creation of man from tree. (Cf. A1236, A1275.6.) Creation of man from fruit (nut) Man created from seeds Man made from plant Man made from herb

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