Origin of manioc

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Origin of manioc.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of trees and plants. · Origin of various plants and trees. · Origin of other plant forms. · view the constellation · filed as A2685.5

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ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XLIXXLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter II

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.

S. Am. Indian (Paressi)Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 360, (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 128.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of cereals.

Filed beside it

Origin of corn. (Cf. A2611.1.)Origin of straw. Formerly whole blade became grain. Straw left for dog Origin of rye Origin of barley

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