μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of universe by creator. The creator is existing before all things.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Creation of the universe. · Creation of universe by creator. · view the constellation · filed as A610

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Hindu Oldenberg Religion des Veda 278
  • Chinese Werner 76, 90. – Mexican: Alexander Lat. Am. 85 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter III
  • Maori ibid. 11 n. 16, 17, 13 n. 20
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 42
  • Australian Goldenweiser Early Civilization 105. – Uganda: ibid. 97.
  • general Guiana: ibid. 256ff. – Society Is.: Dixon 11 n. 18, 12 n. 19
  • general Marquesas Is.: ibid. 11 n. 14
Within the index
9 finer motifs beneath it
All things created in pairs (heaven and earth, etc.) Creation of heaven, earth, and hell Fiat creation. Universe is created at command of creator Creation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universe Creation from creator's tears Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives Creation of universe from clam-shell on primeval water by creator Universe created by various activities of creator
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Creator with dragon's head Creator with two horns on head Dwarfish creator Creator clothed in bear-skin (or in leaves) Creator with hammer and chisel in hands Creator with sun and moon in hands Creator comes out of chaos Creator offspring of dual powers of nature. (Male and female principles.) Creator's companions: unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) Creator's works survive him

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