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Origin of human skeleton.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1312

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Filed under Arrangement of man's bodily attributes.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of knee-caps. A stone that magically joins self to woman's body Why an uneven number of ribs
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Change in bodily form at fall of man. Adam's body was formerly horn-like. (Cf. A1281.1.) Assembling the body Why men are clothed in skin Why women have marks on the belly Origin of hands and feet Origin of sex-organs Origin of hair and beard Origin of facial features Origin of urine and excreta Origin of other bodily attributes

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