μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Origin of scorpion.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of insects. · Creation of miscellaneous insects. · view the constellation · filed as A2092

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Filed under Creation of miscellaneous insects.

1 finer motif beneath it
Origin of leaf-scorpion
Filed beside it
Origin of spider. [Note: In folk thought the spider is classed as an insect and not with the other arachnida.] (Cf. A1751.) Origin of mantis Creation of fireflies Creation of lac insects

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