Creation of mole

Motif

Creation of mole.

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 other mammals. · view the constellation · filed as A1893

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationUlysses, 9 Scylla and Charybdis

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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 Dh I 156ff. . – England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of other mammals.

Filed beside it

Creation of bat Creation of anteater Creation of armadillo

Travels with

Devil's unsuccessful creation produces certain animals. (Cf. A1811, A1833.1, A1862, A1893.)

Carried in tale types

Contest of Creation between God and the Devil · ATU 7734 recorded variants

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