Acquisition of tools

Motif

Acquisition of tools.

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

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India*Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Acquisition of crafts.

6 finer motifs beneath it

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

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Assignment of crafts and professions: creator opens shop and from it distributes plough, pen, bottle, pair of scales, fishing-net and loom to various groups Origin of distribution of work Patriarchs because of long life made inventions Acquisition of agriculture Origin of milling. (Cf. A1446.5.3.)Origin of domestication of animals Acquisition of building crafts Origin of metal-working Origin of mining Origin of pottery Origin of charcoal making Origin of cloth-making Origin of shoemaking Origin of cooking Origin of distilling. Learned from devil. (Cf. A1427.2.)Origin of fishing

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