Universe from parts of man's body. (Cf. A831.2)

Motif

Universe from parts of man's body. (Cf. A831.2)

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Creation of the universe. · Creation of universe by creator. · view the constellation · filed as A614.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

MadagascarDandonau Contes pop. de Sakalava No. 58
SumatraPleyte Bataksche Vertellingen 68.
general Kabyle: Frobenius Atlantis I 101
general Papuan: Landtmann The Kiwai Papuans 551

Within the index

Filed under Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc.

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Earth from giant's body (Ymir). (Cf. A614.1.)

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