μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Acquisition of water. (Cf. A1111.)

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of food supply for human race. · view the constellation · filed as A1429.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish Myth Cross.
Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of food supply – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it
First wells dug Gods provide drinkable water. (Cf. A941.)
Filed beside it
Discovery of oil (edible) Origin of yeast: wasp stole it from the old woman underneath the earth Acquisition of salt
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Impounded water. Water is kept by monster so that mankind cannot use it. A hero defeats the monster and releases the water. (The monster is sometimes a giant frog.)

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