Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress

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Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Wandering of tribes. · view the constellation · filed as A1631.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general Warrau (Carib tribe): Alexander Lat. Am. 272 (references to Kiowa, Mandan, and Pueblo).

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Tribe climbs down from sky to earth

wander