Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God

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Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · –A839. Creation of the earth. · Primeval water. · view the constellation · filed as A812.1

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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.

EstonianLoorits Grundzüge I 455f., Aarne FFC XXV 139 No. 1
LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 80 No. 1
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3005
SiberianHolmberg Siberian 313ff.
general *Dh I 2–89 passim, *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 277ff. – Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 3 No. 1
general Legends Nos. 7–10, 12f.

Within the index

Filed under Earth Diver. From a raft in the primeval sea, the creator sends down animals to try to bring up earth. After a number of animals have failed, one (often the muskrat) succeeds. The earth is made from the bit brought up.

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Earth from egg from bottom of sea recovered by bird Creator sends crow, after creating her, to scout for earth-nucleus

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