Man made of substances from eight different sources

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Man made of substances from eight different sources.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Mankind made from miscellaneous materials. · view the constellation · filed as A1260.1.2

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Irish myth Cross.

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Filed under Man made from combination of different objects.

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Man made of four elements Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds, or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water Seven substances employed in composition of human body Man made of clay with bones of stone, with blood of water and with vines for veins

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