First parents devour offspring — Mythoi

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First parents devour offspring.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Creation of man. · Primeval human pair. · view the constellation · filed as A1277.1

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Persian Carnoy 297.

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Filed under Offspring of first parents.

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Primeval human pair allowed to bear all children they wish Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color First man and woman bring in children and clothe them

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