Origin of fire – rubbing sticks.
Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of livable environment. · view the constellation · filed as A1414.1
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- HawaiianLegends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes, II.
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LIVLIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
- YorubaThe Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Chapter 7
- Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit)The Hymns of the Rigveda, 1.127
- Australian AboriginalAustralian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales, 7Bootoolgah the Crane and Goonur
Scholars’ trail — 3references
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.
- GreekFox 192 (Hermes)
- JewishNeuman. – Kaffir: Kidd 253 No. 13
- MarquesasHandy 13.