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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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

JewishNeuman
India*Thompson-Balys
ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 72
HawaiiBeckwith Myth 436, 500
MaoriClark 50
Eskimo (Cape York)Rasmussen III 47
OjibwaJones 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

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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