μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Twin culture heroes – one foolish, one clever. (Cf. A525.)

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Origin of the culture hero (demigod). · view the constellation · filed as A515.1.1.2

Filed across the traditions
  • S. Am. Indian (Bacairi) Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 347, (Tupinamba): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 135, (Chiriguano): ibid 163.
Within the index

Filed under Twin culture heroes. (Cf. A511.1.2.1.)

Filed beside it
Twin culture heroes sired by two fathers Twin culture heroes conceived of as sun and moon
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Good and bad culture heroes

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