Origin of other bodily attributes

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Origin of other bodily attributes.

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

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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 Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible 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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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 hair and beard Origin of facial features Origin of urine and excreta

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