μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of monkey: lazy man.

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 A1861.3

Cited in the index
  • general *Fb "abe" IV 2a.
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Filed under Creation of monkey.

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

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