μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Offspring of first parents.

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

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Filed under Primeval human pair.

4 finer motifs beneath it
First parents devour offspring 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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Primeval human pair live in innocence Origin of first parents Twin first parents Creation of first man's (woman's) mate Man 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 man Primeval human pair – miscellaneous First man (woman) Condition of first man (woman) The mother of men Activities of first man

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