μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • 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 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 coconutsOrigin of tribes from choices madeNegroes 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
Filed beside it
Unworthy origin ascribed to hostile tribesCouples placed to establish tribesOrigin of races from mixed offspring of animal marriageTribes from fruits of various treesDifferent tribes result from choice of things Sun offers peopleTribes from clay models made by creatorOrigin of particular tribesOrigin of particular languagesOrigin of place-nameOrigin of inequalities among men

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