Origin of white and colored races

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Origin of white and colored races.

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

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Fjort) Dennett 101 No. 27, (Ekoi): Talbot 387, (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 268, (Fang): Trilles 143, 152, 155, Einstein 178, (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 20 No. 3
American Negro (Georgia) Harris Remus 163 No. 33.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of various tribes.

9 finer motifs beneath 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 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

Filed beside it

Unworthy origin ascribed to hostile tribes Couples placed to establish tribes Origin of races from mixed offspring of animal marriage Tribes from fruits of various trees Different tribes result from choice of things Sun offers people Tribes from clay models made by creator Origin of particular tribes Origin of particular languages Origin of place-name Origin of inequalities among men

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