Father and son as culture heroes — Mythoi

Motif

Father and son as culture heroes.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Origin of the culture hero (demigod). · view the constellation · filed as A515.2

Attested across traditions

Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , V receipt
“The story of fire finding in Polynesia sifts itself to Maui under one of his widely-accepted names, or to his father or to his ancestress — with but very few exceptions.”

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , V V.
Depth Commentary Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion , CHAPTER I.
Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part I — CHAPTER I
Depth Commentary Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics , Chapter IV
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter X

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross. Amazon tribes: Alexander Lat. Am. 311.

Within the index

Filed under Pair of culture heroes.

Filed beside it

Culture heroes brothers Culture hero has blood brother Culture hero has faithful attendant Culture hero fights with (encounters) son without recognizing him

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