Gods teach people all they know

Motif

Gods teach people all they know.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of human culture. · view the constellation · filed as A1404

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 30
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 4: A Demonstration of Nature (John A. Mehung)
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 2, Canto 39
North American Indigenous Zuni Folk Tales , Tale 29

Filed across the traditions

Marquesas Handy 123
general S. Am. Indian (Cariri): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 559.

Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of human culture.

Filed beside it

Culture originated by previous race of men The gods build houses, and fashion tools God teaches people to work Culture originated by ancestor of tribes

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