Fire stolen in hollow reed

Motif

Fire stolen in hollow reed.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of livable environment. · view the constellation · filed as A1415.1

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 14 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Greek Fox 13, *Frazer Apollodorus I 51 n. 6 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VII
general *Hdwb. d. Märch. II 109b nn. 9–13. – N. Am. Indian: Thompson Tales 290 n. 64
general S. Am. Indian (Jivaro, Eastern Ecuador): Karsten Myths of the Jibaros (reviewed JAFL XXXII 446) (fire preserved in bark of tree), (Tenetehara): Wagley-Galvao BBAE CXLIII (3) 147.

Within the index

Filed under Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner.

1 finer motif beneath it

Fire carried from heaven in fingernails

Filed beside it

Fire witheld from men as punishment Original fire property of one person (animal) Theft of fire by animals Theft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fire Vain attempts to circumvent theft of fire

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner Moon as wooer. The moon is enamored of a mortal Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section Man made from clay (earth) Man created from stones New race from stones thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1254.1.)

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