Origin of beard

Motif

Origin of beard.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1315.3

Filed across the traditions

Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 83 Nos. 23, 24
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 141 No. 11
Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 58–62, 70.
general *Dh I 228ff. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 5 Nos. 13, 14, XXXIII 52 No. 13

Within the index

Filed under Origin of hair and beard.

Filed beside it

Why men become gray-headed Origin of bald heads Origin of hair around mouth and eyes. Original dispute between Hair and Stomach. Stomach compelled to stay on inside of man. Hair stands on guard at mouth and eyes to see that Stomach does not escape Origin of pubic hairs Origin of eyelashes

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