Origin of yeast: wasp stole it from the old woman underneath the earth

Motif

Origin of yeast: wasp stole it from the old woman underneath the earth.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of food supply for human race. · view the constellation · filed as A1429.2

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of food supply – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Discovery of oil (edible) Acquisition of water. (Cf. A1111.) Acquisition of salt

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