Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.)

Motif

Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.)

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 primata. · view the constellation · filed as A1861.1

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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 BP III 320f.
general Dh I 247.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of monkey.

Filed beside it

Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.)Creation of monkey: lazy man

Travels with

The various children of Eve. Eve has so many children that she is ashamed when God pays her a visit. She hides some of them and they fail to receive the blessing that God gives those in sight. Thus arises the differences in classes and peoples Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887)

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