μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Original creator followed by transformers. These demigods change the original creation into the present forms.

Mythological motifs. · Creator. · Creator – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as A72

Filed across the traditions
  • S. Am. Indian *Métraux RMLP XXXIII 122, BBAE CXLIII (3) 437.
  • general See A900ff. for work of the transformers, with references. – Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 85
Within the index

Filed under Creator – miscellaneous motifs.

Filed beside it
Creator tries to devour his son, the culture hero Lonely creator. The creator is tired of solitude and therefore inaugurates the creation Reluctant creator Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) Creator's works survive him Creator goes to make afterworld Creator goes to sky Creator of animals Creation match between goddess-wife, god-husband Creator drunk from beverage he invents

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