μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Origin of reading and writing.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Acquisition of culture. · Acquisition of wisdom and learning. · view the constellation · filed as A1484

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Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of wisdom and learning.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of ogam inscriptions Origin of alphabet
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 language How people learned about calculating time and the seasons Origin of sciences

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