μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Origin of white and colored races.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of tribes from kinds of meat they chooseOrigin of different peoples according to choice of chairsOrigin of different peoples according to choice of bows and arrows or else guns, horses and cattle. Indians choose the former, whites the latter
Filed beside it
Negroes as curse on Ham for laughing at Noah's nakednessRaces 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 waterLight and dark-skinned peoples made from light and dark coconutsNegroes made from left-over scraps at creationOrigin of light and dark skin colorIndians and whites from different legs of first manBlack tribe because woman is put on fireOrigin of white man

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