μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic origin of culture hero.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Origin of the culture hero (demigod). · view the constellation · filed as A511.1.4

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Filed under Birth of culture hero.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of culture hero from bursting stone Hero formed by god out of mother's apron Birth of culture heroes from human bones swallowed by jaguar's human wife Culture hero creates a companion from a toenail
Filed beside it
Culture hero snatched from mother's side Culture hero speaks before birth Culture hero incarnated through birth from virgin Culture hero son of mortal (half-mortal) father Culture hero posthumous child Culture hero born three times Culture hero son of animal Culture hero born from egg

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