μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of birds.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of birds. Note: A1900–A1999 is based on the following classification of birds: A1910–A1929. Passeriformes. A1930–A1939. Falconiformes. A1940–A1949. Charidriiformes. A1950–A1959. Coraciiformes. A1960–A1969. Ciconiiformes. A1970–A1999. Miscellaneous birds. · Creation of birds. · view the constellation · filed as A1900

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Scholars’ trail — 7 references (open)

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.

  • Lappish Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 46
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 123 No. 83
  • Maori Clark 15
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 29, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685.
  • general 127
Within the index
3 finer motifs beneath it
Various birds from Pharaoh's drowned army. (Cf. A1715.1) God makes birds, devil reptiles. (Cf. A1751) The oldest bird

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