μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of wolf. (Cf. A1751.)

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 A1833

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Cited in the index
  • general Dh I 147ff., I 164. Quileute: Farrand JAFL XXXII 259.
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Filed under Creation of canidae and other carnivora.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Devil makes wolf; God gives him life. (Cf. A1755.) Wolf from man transformed by magician. (Cf. A1710.) Wolf as God's dog
Filed beside it
Creation of dog Creation of fox Creation of coyote and other canidae Creation of bear Origin of seal Origin of walrus
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
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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