Earth scattered in a circuit in four directions on primeval water

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Earth scattered in a circuit in four directions on primeval water.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · –A839. Creation of the earth. · Primeval water. · view the constellation · filed as A814.6

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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
Calif. IndianGayton and Newman 55.

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Earth from stone thrown on primeval water Earth from sand strewn on primeval water Earth from decayed matter on primeval water Earth from tree grown in primeval water Earth from steam made by fire thrown into primeval water Earth from primeval water mixed with seeds of tobacco Earth from lotus seed placed on water Earth from egg breaking on primeval water. (Cf. A1222)Earth from creator's spittle falling on primeval water

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