Raft in primeval sea. Creator is on the raft and there creates the earth. (Cf. A812.)

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Raft in primeval sea. Creator is on the raft and there creates the earth. (Cf. A812.)

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · –A839. Creation of the earth. · Primeval water. · view the constellation · filed as A813

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys
SumatraDixon 162.

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Filed under Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Earth in form of raft supported by spirits Lotus-leaf raft in primeval sea Creator rests on tree or stake

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God and Devil fly together over primeval water Primeval water to subside in a specified time Earth brought up from bottom of primeval water. (Cf. A812.)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 Earth from object thrown on primeval water Earth from turtle's back. Earth erected on back of a turtle floating in primeval water. (Cf. A844.1.)Earth rises from sea Earth let down from sky on to primeval ocean

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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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