μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Acquisition of vegetables and cereals.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of food supply for human race. · view the constellation · filed as A1423

Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Samoa Beckwith Myth 439
  • Hawaii ibid. 61, 63
  • Tonga Gifford 194
  • Easter Island Métraux Ethnology 364
  • general Isabel Island: ibid. 504
  • general African (Angola): Chatelain 249, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 179 No. 35, (Ekoi): Talbot 240, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 348 No. 3
  • general S. Am. Indian (Guarayu): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147.
Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of food supply for human race.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Hoarded plants released Origin of yams (sweet potatoes, taro) Acquisition of rice. (Cf. A2685.) Origin of coconut Acquisition of manioc
Filed beside it
Origin of food from body of slain food-goddess. (Cf. A2611.1) Gods teach how to seek and prepare food Creator of food items Food originally obtained without effort After Fall first parents fed and clothed from one palm-tree At beginning people start to eat the earth Hoarded game released. Animals are kept imprisoned by malevolent creature. Released by culture hero Assignment of edible animals. Certain animals may be eaten by man Origin of seed Acquisition of food supply – miscellaneous Acquisition of spiritous liquors Acquisition of wine Acquisition of food supply – miscellaneous

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