Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives

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Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Creation of the universe. · Creation of universe by creator. · view the constellation · filed as A615

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

MaoriDixon 8 n. 9.

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

2 finer motifs beneath it

Universe from creator's masturbation with water, with stone, and with earth. (Cf. A1216.1)Universe from copulation of various objects to produce others

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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 Creation of universe from clam-shell on primeval water by creator Universe created by various activities of creator

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