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Motif

Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg.

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

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“Since the Moon refused to free him, And the Sun would not deliver, Nor the Great Bear give assistance, His existence growing weary, And his life but an annoyance, Bursts he then the outer portals Of his dark and dismal fortress; With his strong, but unnamed finger, Opens he the lock resisting; With the toes upon his left foot, With the fingers of his right hand, Creeps he through the yielding portals To the threshold of his dwelling;…”

— The Kalevala, Rune I · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
  • generalThe Kalevala, Rune IThompson cites: Dh I 19. – Finnish: Kalevala rune 1
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • EsthonianEisen Estnische Mythologie 170, Loorits Grundzüge I 447f.
  • HinduKeith 74
  • HawaiiHenry 345. – African: Frobenius Atlantis X 119.
  • general Lang Myth. I 252
  • general Dh I 19. – Finnish: Kalevala rune 1 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune I
  • general Society Is., Hawaiian, Maori: Dixon 20
Within the index

Filed under Other means of creating the universe.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Heaven and earth from egg. They are the two halves of an egg shell. Eros escapes as they are separatedCreation 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
Filed beside it
Universe from body of slain giant. Ymir. (Cf. A621.1.)Universe from pre-existing rocks. Originally rocks are assumed and everything is made from themCreation of universe: genealogical type. A begets B, who begets C, etc. Finally the universe is brought forth in its present formUniverse from cosmic fowl
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 creatorCulture hero snatched from mother's sideCreation 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 partsPrimeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with waterTopographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etcConception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.)Long pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the mother

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