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Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Culture hero establishes law and order. · view the constellation · filed as A531

Filed across the traditions
  • Norse Boberg
  • Greek Grote I 189
  • Irish myth Cross, Beal XXI 327
  • Babylonian Spence 158
  • Hindu Keith 34, 172
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Coyajee JPASB XXIV 189
  • Japanese Anesaki 303
  • Persian Carnoy 287, 293, 300. American Indian: *Thompson Tales 272 n. 1
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XXXX 4, 8, 62, 66f., 73, 77, (Tucuan): Nimuendajá BBAE CXLIII (3) 724, (Huamachuco): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 151, (Apapocuvá-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138.
  • general *Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 216 (N. Pac. Coast, Chinook, Kathlamet, Shoshone, Maidu, Coos, Alsea, Molala, Kalapuya)
  • general and add (Maidu) Dixon PAES IV 59 No. 2, (Joshua) Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 235 No. 18, (Navaho) Alexander N. Am. 165, (Arikara) ibid. 108
  • general Jicarilla Apache: Mooney AA old ser. XI (1898) 204
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Filed under Culture hero establishes law and order.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Culture hero spares certain evil spirits. Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger beg the culture hero not to destroy them because of their real usefulness to man Culture hero banishes snakes Culture hero exterminates race of tigers Culture hero conquers sea monster
Filed beside it
Culture hero completes work of creator Culture hero tames winds in caves Culture hero regulates rivers Culture hero swallowed and recovered from animal Demigods fight as allies of mortals Culture heroes clear plains Culture hero builds raths Culture hero teaches arts and crafts Culture hero establishes customs Culture hero establishes social system Culture hero dispenses food and hospitality

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