Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible

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Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1319.7

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Origin of other bodily attributes.

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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 Origin of sweat Origin of sneezing Origin of itching 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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