Origin of smallpox

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Origin of smallpox.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Beginnings of trouble for man. · view the constellation · filed as A1337.7

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Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LV LV. The Transference of Evil
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LVI LVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LVII LVII. Public Scapegoats
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Bird Myths — Myth 35 35. the bird tribes
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Historical Traditions — Myth 105 105. THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRIBES

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Origin of disease.

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Disease caused by the gods Disease caused by ghosts Disease caused by witchcraft Disease caused by menstrual blood. (Cf. D1003.) Disease as punishment Disease to prevent man enjoying himself too much Origin of sickness and misfortune: monstrous births from brother-sister incestuous union Origin of ulcers Origin of cholera Origin of epilepsy Origin of fever Origin of itch Origin of leprosy Origin of illness from fire and cold

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