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Motif

Divinity's departure for west.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Culture hero's (demigod's) departure. · view the constellation · filed as A561

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“For instance, one of these seven visitors was wonderfully enamoured of a fine country, and expressed a de- sire to remain there, and to live long; whereupon, at Glooscap’s direction, Earthquake took him and stood him up, and he be- came a cedar-tree.'® When the wind blew through its boughs, they were bent and broken with great fracas, — making a thunder-storm that rolled far and wide over the country, ac- companied by strong winds,…”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 3 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • American Indian*Thompson Tales 274 n. 11
  • S. Am. Indian (Inca)Alexander Lat. Am. 240, (Yuracare, W. Brazil): ibid. 315, (Guarayú): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 437, Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147.
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Filed under Culture hero's (demigod's) departure.

Filed beside it
Divinity's departure for eastRemarkable longevity of culture heroesDying culture hero. The culture hero teaches people how to die by dying himselfCulture hero returns to upper worldDivinity retires to the end of the world
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation mythCulture hero's (divinity's) expected return. Divinity or hero is expected to return at the proper time and rescue his people from their misfortunes. Often joined with A571Boneless man turned over to produce seasonsTabu: looking into box (Pandora)Magic airshipsMagic canoe. (Cf. D1121.)Canoe made by magicWaters magically divide and closeLove-compelling man sickens of bargain. A man given the power of making all women love him is smothered to death by themRising and falling sky. Sky rises and falls at horizon, giving periodic access to the other worldModesty brings rewardKind and unkind. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewarded

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