μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • general S. Am. Indian (Apapocuva-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. 144, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359.
Within the index
11 finer motifs beneath it
Primeval human pair live in innocenceOrigin of first parentsTwin first parentsCreation of first man's (woman's) mateMan chosen as best gift by primeval women. In beginning only women on earth. Deity kills one by accident and promises anything as reparation. They choose manOffspring of first parentsPrimeval human pair – miscellaneousFirst man (woman)Condition of first man (woman)The mother of menActivities of first man
Travels with
Primeval human pair spring from womb of Mother Earth. (Cf. A1270.)First human pair as creators. (Cf. A1270.)

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