μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Devil produces animals only in God's name. He tries unsuccessfully without using God's name.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of animal life – general. · Animals created through opposition of devil to god. · view the constellation · filed as A1756

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 Dh I 146ff. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3086
  • general Legends Nos. 139–146, 152.
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Filed under Animals created through opposition of devil to god.

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The devil's animals and God's. In the contest between God and the devil, certain animals are made by eachDevil's unsuccessful creation produces certain animals. (Cf. A1811, A1833.1, A1862, A1893.)Dualism of animal creationAnimals created while god Mahadeo quarrels with his wife
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