Origin of tribes from choices made — Mythoi

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Origin of tribes from choices made.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Origin of various tribes. · view the constellation · filed as A1614.4

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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 choose Origin of different peoples according to choice of chairs Origin 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 nakedness 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 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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