μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Origin of language.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of wisdom and learning. · view the constellation · filed as A1482

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman.
Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of wisdom and learning.

1 finer motif beneath it
Hebrew the language of the inhabitants of heaven
Filed beside it
Origin of human wisdom. It is kept hidden by monster and is later stolen. It escapes and spreads through the world. (Cf. A1111, A1421.) Origin of reading and writing How people learned about calculating time and the seasons Origin of sciences

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