Creation of dog

Motif

Creation of dog.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of mammals. Note: A1800–A1899 is based upon the following classification of mammals: A1810–A1819. Felidae. A1820–A1829. Mustelidae. A1830–A1839. Canidae and other carnivora. A1840–A1859. Rodentia. A1860–A1869. Primata. A1870–A1889. Ungulata. A1890–A1899. Other mammals. Since whales are thought of as fish in folk-literature they have been catalogued under that heading rather than under mammals, where they strictly belong. · Creation of carnivora. · Creation of canidae and other carnivora. · view the constellation · filed as A1831

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Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 72
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 436, 500
Maori Clark 50
Eskimo (Cape York) Rasmussen III 47
Ojibwa Jones JAFL XXIX 376.
general Dh I 164
general ibid. II 101 . Irish: Beal XXI 330

Within the index

Filed under Creation of canidae and other carnivora.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Dog created as watch-dog for Jesus. Jesus, left to watch the herd, creates the dog to drive off the wolf First lapdog in Ireland

Filed beside it

Creation of fox Creation of wolf. (Cf. A1751.) Creation of coyote and other canidae Creation of bear Origin of seal Origin of walrus

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Animals from men transformed for discourtesy to God (Jesus). (Cf. A1831, A1862, A1871.) The devil's animals and God's. In the contest between God and the devil, certain animals are made by each

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