The various children of Eve. Eve has so many children that she is ashamed when God pays her a visit. She hides some of them and they fail to receive the blessing that God gives those in sight. Thus arises the differences in classes and peoples

Motif

The various children of Eve. Eve has so many children that she is ashamed when God pays her a visit. She hides some of them and they fail to receive the blessing that God gives those in sight. Thus arises the differences in classes and peoples.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Origin of different classes – social and professional. · view the constellation · filed as A1650.1

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Boggs FFC XC 87 No. 758.
general *BP III 308ff. (Gr. No. 180)
general *Dh I 247, II 98f. – Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 85 No. 41

Within the index

Filed under Origin of different classes – social and professional.

Filed beside it

Custom of differentiating social classes by color of dress introduced Origin of different trades Origin of castes Origin of royalty Origin of priesthood (shamanism, etc.) Origin of peasantry Origin of noblemen Origin of slaves Origin of professional warriors Origin of different classes – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.)

Carried in tale types

The Various Children of Eve · ATU 758 1 recorded variant

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