Origin of hair and beard

Motif

Origin of hair and 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

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationThe Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake), The Book of Ahania
Ancient EgyptianThe Egyptian Book of the Dead, Chapter CLI
Ancient EgyptianThe Egyptian Book of the Dead, Chapter LIV
IrishGods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, Ch. 81CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF GABHRA
ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XVIIXVII. The Burden of Royalty

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Arrangement of man's bodily attributes.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Why men become gray-headed Origin of bald heads Origin of beard 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

Filed beside it

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 human skeleton Origin of sex-organs Origin of facial features Origin of urine and excreta Origin of other bodily attributes

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