Origin of slaves

Motif

Origin of slaves.

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 A1657

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

Icel.Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 235 (Rigsthula)
Irish mythCross
JewishNeuman.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of different classes – social and professional.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of subject tribes (aithech-thuatha)Origin of the Fir Bolg ("Men of the Sacks"); so-called because as slaves they were forced to carry earth in sacks (builg)

Filed beside it

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 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 professional warriors Origin of different classes – miscellaneous

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