Origin of coconut tree. (Cf. A2611.3.)

Motif

Origin of coconut tree. (Cf. A2611.3.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of trees and plants. · Origin of various plants and trees. · Origin of other plant forms. · view the constellation · filed as A2681.5.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , VII VII.

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

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.

general Oceanic (Cove Is.): Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 104, (Tahiti): ibid. 101, (New Guinea): ibid. 102, (Marshall Is.): Davenport 223, (Marquesas): Handy 30.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of palms.

Travels with

Coconut tree from head of slain monster

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