Negroes as curse on Ham for laughing at Noah's nakedness

Motif

Negroes as curse on Ham for laughing at Noah's nakedness.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Origin of various tribes. · view the constellation · filed as A1614.1

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman.
general Dh I 290
general *BP III 311

Within the index

Filed under Origin of white and colored races.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of luchrupain (leprechauns, dwarfs, pygmies) from curses of Ham Origin of "goat-heads" from curse of Ham

Filed beside it

Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water Light and dark-skinned peoples made from light and dark coconuts Origin of tribes from choices made Negroes made from left-over scraps at creation Origin of light and dark skin color Indians and whites from different legs of first man Black tribe because woman is put on fire Origin of white man

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