Creation of tortoise (turtle)

Motif

Creation of tortoise (turtle).

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of fish and other animals. · Creation of reptiles. · view the constellation · filed as A2147

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys
ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 96
HawaiiBeckwith Myth 22, 465
S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa)Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685.

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Filed under Creation of reptiles.

Filed beside it

Creation of snake (serpent)Creation of crocodile Creation of lizard

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