Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.)

Motif

Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of trees and plants. · Various origins of plants. · Creation of plants by transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A2611.1

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 23 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLVII XLVII. Lityerses

Filed across the traditions

Babylonian Spence 140
India Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 293 n. 77
S. Am. Indian (Amazon) Alexander Lat. Am. 292
general Yunca (Peru): ibid. 225, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 360, (Brazil): Oberg 108
general (Caingang): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 473.

Within the index

Filed under Plants from body of slain person or animal.

Filed beside it

Plants from grave of dead person or animal Plants from foetus or body of stillborn child Human placenta transformed into plant Parts of body of god transformed into plants Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants Tobacco from grave of bad woman Coconut tree from head of slain monster Pepper plant from body of slain person. (Cf. A2686.3.) Mandrake from blood of person hanged on gallows. (Cf. A2664.) Hair transformed into plants Origin of rue: from drops of Christ's blood

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Origin of food from body of slain food-goddess. (Cf. A2611.1) Origin of corn. (Cf. A2611.1.)

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