Snake created to suck poison from earth

Motif

Snake created to suck poison from earth.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of fish and other animals. · Creation of reptiles. · view the constellation · filed as A2145.3

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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.

EsthonianAarne FFC XXV 149 No. 60
India*Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Creation of snake (serpent).

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Origin of horned serpent Snake from blood of slain monster. Medusa. (Cf. A1724, A2001.)Snake preserved in ark: to stop hole with tail Snake from devil's slaver Adder harmful to holy person transformed to blindworm. (Cf. A1710, A1730, A2231.7.)

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