Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts

Motif

Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Creation of the universe. · Other means of creating the universe. · view the constellation · filed as A641.2

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Kalevala rune 1. → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune I

Within the index

Filed under Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg.

Filed beside it

Heaven and earth from egg. They are the two halves of an egg shell. Eros escapes as they are separated

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator Culture hero snatched from mother's side Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water Topographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etc Conception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.) Long pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the mother

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