Origin of fire – found in person's own body

Motif

Origin of fire – found in person's own body.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of livable environment. · view the constellation · filed as A1414.2

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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.

MarquesasHandy 13
S. Am. Indian (Warrau)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 146.
general Australian, New Guinea, Torres Str., Massim (British New Guinea): Dixon 115 n. 47

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Filed under Origin of fire.

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Origin of fire – rubbing sticks Origin of fire – children strike rocks together, accidentally produce fire Origin of fire – gift from god (supernatural person)Origin of flint and tinder Bird as guardian of primordial fire Repository of fire

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