Distribution of tribes

Motif

Distribution of tribes.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Distribution of tribes. · view the constellation · filed as A1620

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“Then he went out and along the course that the racers were to go over, and hid himself, leaving his head just sticking out of a hole. By this time all the racers had started, and among them Coyote’s son. He was Coyote’s only child, and was very quick. He soon began to outstrip all the runners, and was in the lead. As he passed the spot where Rattlesnake had hidden himself, however, Rattlesnake raised oe en and bit the boy in the ankle.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 8 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 8 receipt
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 9 receipt

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

HebrewGenesis ch. 10
Indo-ChineseScott 292. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 149, (Fjort): Dennett 108 No. 31
IndiaThompson-Balys. – N. Am. Indian: (general) *Thompson Tales 285 n. 54, (Hopi): Alexander N. Am. 205, (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 213
S. Am. Indian (Yuracare)ibid. 315.
general Cakchiquel: Alexander Lat. Am. 181

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Reasons for difference in population sizes in different areas

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