Origin of the axe

Motif

Origin of the axe.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of crafts. · view the constellation · filed as A1446.2

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Irish mythCross
JewishNeuman
IndiaThompson-Balys
CaribPenard JAFL XXX 258.

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Filed under Acquisition of tools.

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Culture hero steals tools for men Origin of the saw. Invented by devil Origin of the ox-goad Origin of the adze Acquisition of household implements

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