Creation of monkey

Motif

Creation of monkey.

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

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

India*Thompson-Balys
ChineseGraham
Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 189f.
general S. Am. Indian (Macovi): Métraux MAFLS XL 35.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of primata.

3 finer motifs beneath 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.)Creation of monkey: lazy man

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Creation of ape Creation of baboon

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