Origin of spider. [Note: In folk thought the spider is classed as an insect and not with the other arachnida.] (Cf. A1751.)

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Origin of spider. [Note: In folk thought the spider is classed as an insect and not with the other arachnida.] (Cf. A1751.)

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of insects. · Creation of miscellaneous insects. · view the constellation · filed as A2091

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

FinnishAarne FFC VIII 22 No. 122
IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Creation of miscellaneous insects.

1 finer motif beneath it

Arachne transformed to spider: vies with goddess in spinning

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Origin of scorpion Origin of mantis Creation of fireflies Creation of lac insects

Travels with

The devil's animals and God's. In the contest between God and the devil, certain animals are made by each

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