μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Caste determined by what kind of tree one catches while crossing a river.

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 A1651.2

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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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of castes.

Filed beside it
Attitude to untouchablesOrigin of castes from instructions received in dream

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