Creation of hog (pig)

Motif

Creation of hog (pig).

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 ungulata. · view the constellation · filed as A1871

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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.

LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 88 No. 68
IndiaThompson-Balys
general Dh II 102 Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 144 No. 34
general Rarotonga (Cook Island): Beckwith Myth 101.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of ungulata.

3 finer motifs beneath it

God's urine used to make pig Origin of wild boar Origin of peccary

Filed beside it

Creation of hippopotamus Creation of camel Origin of deer Creation of moose (elk)Creation of cow Creation of bison (buffalo)Creation of horse Creation of ass. (Cf. A1751.)Creation of sheep Creation of goat Creation of elephant Creation of ungulata – miscellaneous

Travels with

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

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