μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Misplaced genitalia. Originally genitals are misplaced. They are properly arranged by the culture hero.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1313.3

Attested across traditions
Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 56f.
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 59a.
  • general Hatt Asiatic Influences 84f.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of sex-organs.

1 finer motif beneath it
Vaginal teeth broken. Women originally had toothed vaginas. Culture hero breaks teeth so that women will be harmless to men
Filed beside it
Origin of eunuchs Origin of sex differentiations Origin of male sex-organs Origin of female sex-organs Origin of women's breasts Origin of placenta
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
The lizard hand. Man's hand is modeled on that of the lizard

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