μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Origin of the culture hero (demigod). · view the constellation · filed as A515.1.1

Cited in the index
  • general P. Saintyves "Les Jumeaux dans l'ethnographie et la mythologie" Revue Anthrop. XXV (1925) 54ff. Jewish: Neuman
  • general N. Am. Indian (Plains Tribes): Alexander N. Am. 104, 106, (Pima): ibid. 176, (Sia): ibid 204
  • general S. Am. Indian (Jíbaros, Eastern Ecuador): Karsten Myths of the Jíbaros (cf. Boas JAFL XXXII 446), Amazon tribes: Alexander Lat. Am. 311, (Warrau, Carib, Tupinamba, Kaigua, Tembé, Apapocuvá-Guarani, Bakairi, Kaingang, Amuesha, Huamachucho, Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 123, 135f., 138, 145ff., 158–165, (Tenetchara): Wagley-Galvao BBAE CXLIII (3) 147, (Cashinawa, Guarani, Guarayú): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 92f., 438, 685, (Toba): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 368, (Bakairi): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 347, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359. – Tonga: Gifford 20.
Within the index

Filed under Culture heroes brothers.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Twin culture heroes sired by two fathers Twin culture heroes – one foolish, one clever. (Cf. A525.) Twin culture heroes conceived of as sun and moon
Filed beside it
Sworn brothers as culture heroes
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Twin culture heroes quarrel before birth. (Cf. A515.1.1.)

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