Men live by the breath of the gods. (Cf. A1241.3.)
Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Ordaining of human life – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as A1394
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 11, Section 8
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XL XL. The Nature of Osiris
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXII XXII. Tabooed Words
- Greek The Iliad , Book 3
- Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter VI: An Egyptian Prototype of the Main Features of the Poemandres' Cosmogony
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index
Filed under Ordaining of human life – miscellaneous.
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