Creation of bear

Motif

Creation of bear.

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 A1836

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

LithuanianBalys Index No. 3112
IndiaThompson-Balys
OjibwaJones JAFL XXIX 370, Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 171, (West Hudson Bay): Boas ibid. 307, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 172.
general Dh II 99 Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 41
general Legends Nos. 175, 216ff.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of canidae and other carnivora.

Filed beside it

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

Travels with

Animals from men transformed for discourtesy to God (Jesus). (Cf. A1831, A1862, A1871.)

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