Dying culture hero. The culture hero teaches people how to die by dying himself

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Dying culture hero. The culture hero teaches people how to die by dying himself.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Culture hero's (demigod's) departure. · view the constellation · filed as A565

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Irish mythCross
general California Indians: *Thompson Tales 285 n. 52a.

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