Origin of place-name

Motif

Origin of place-name.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Origin of various tribes. · view the constellation · filed as A1617

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 2
Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 4
Maya The Annals of the Cakchiquels , Paragraphs 2
Maya The Annals of the Cakchiquels , Paragraphs 3
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 18

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys. (No attempt is given here to collect references to place-name origins. Stories of this kind are world wide.)

Within the index

Filed under Origin of various tribes.

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 white and colored races Origin of particular languages Origin of inequalities among men

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