Origin of tattooing

Motif

Origin of tattooing.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of arts. · view the constellation · filed as A1465.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

HawaiianLegends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes, VIVI.
Japanese / ShintoKojiki: Records of Ancient Matters, Introduction
Japanese / ShintoKojiki: Records of Ancient Matters, Section 51
Literary CrystallizationMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 110
Literary CrystallizationMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 119

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys
MaoriDixon 73, Clark 139.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of decorative art.

Filed beside it

Origin of embroidery Origin of ornaments Origin of polishing stone Origin of wood carving Origin of masks

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