μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • HebrewGenesis ch. 1
  • JewishNeuman. – Pelew Group, Western Caroline Is., Central Caroline Is., Gilbert Group: Dixon 248
  • TahitiHenry 338.
  • general Mono-Alu (Fauru): Wheeler 66
Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it
Creator uses particular formula (letters) to create universeDruids as creators
Filed beside it
All things created in pairs (heaven and earth, etc.)Creation of heaven, earth, and hellCreation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universeCreation from creator's tearsUniverse from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etcUniverse as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wivesCreation of universe from clam-shell on primeval water by creatorUniverse created by various activities of creator

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