Origin of insects: monstrous births from brother-sister incest

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Origin of insects: monstrous births from brother-sister incest.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of insects. · Creation of insects. · view the constellation · filed as A2006

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Insects from body of slain monster. Usually the monster is burnt; sometimes the insects come from his head, sometimes from his body as it burns. (Cf. A1716.1.)Origin of insects from various experiences of saint Origin of insects: released from sack. God places them in a sack and gives it to hare to carry to stream. He must not look in the sack. When he does so the insects escape. The hare laughs and this is the cause of his split lip Insects from devil's post-hole. Devil is given enough land to dig a post-hole. From this come all kinds of insects. To stop them a burning log is put in the hole. Insects therefore hate smoke Origin of insects: God throws sand on lazy shepherds. (Cf. A1716.1)

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