μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Origin of itching.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1319.10

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  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Origin of other bodily attributes.

Filed beside it
Origin of Adam's apple. Forbidden fruit sticks in Adam's throat Why men lack tails Why ear-wax is inside the ear Why the posterior of man is large Origin of the liver Origin of blood Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible Origin of sweat Origin of sneezing Origin of the sensation of tickling Originally man rejuvenated himself by snake-like change of skin Why man's neck is its present size Origin of man's skin

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