Origin of bamboo

Motif

Origin of bamboo.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of trees and plants. · Origin of various plants and trees. · Origin of other plant forms. · view the constellation · filed as A2681.6

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

MesopotamianThe Epic of Gilgamish, Tablet X
ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LVILVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils
ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LVIILVII. Public Scapegoats

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of trees. (Cf. A2612.1.)

Filed beside it

Origin of weeping willow. (Cf. A2632.1.)Origin of oak Poplars from weeping maidens transformed by god Origin of birch trees Origin of palms Origin of sandalwood tree Origin of dammar tree Origin of mulberry tree Origin of banyan tree Origin of breadfruit tree Origin of palm-wine tree Origin of cedar tree

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