Origin of fire – gift from god (supernatural person)

Motif

Origin of fire – gift from god (supernatural person).

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of livable environment. · view the constellation · filed as A1414.4

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys. – Maori: Clark 42
Hawaiiibid. 499
AfricaBouvergnes 14f., (Bushongo): Torday 237, (Congo): Weeks 205f.
general Isabel Is.: Beckwith Myth 504
general S. Am. Indian (Sherente): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 515, (Cashiba): Steward-Métraux ibid. (3) 595, (Chamacoco): Métraux ibid. (1) 368, (Warrau): Kirchoff ibid. (3) 880, (Caviña, Tumupasa): Métraux ibid. 448, (Chiriguano): *Métraux RMLP XXXIII 171, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 54

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Filed under Origin of fire.

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Origin of fire – rubbing sticks Origin of fire – found in person's own body Origin of fire – children strike rocks together, accidentally produce fire Origin of flint and tinder Bird as guardian of primordial fire Repository of fire

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