μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fire drill invented.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of livable environment. · view the constellation · filed as A1414.1.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 4 references (open)

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.

  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Calif. Indian Gayton and Newman 61
  • Africa (Bushongo) Torday 237
  • general S. Am. Indian (Kaskiha): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 3.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of fire – rubbing sticks.

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