Earth let down from sky on to primeval ocean

Motif

Earth let down from sky on to primeval ocean.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · –A839. Creation of the earth. · Primeval water. · view the constellation · filed as A817

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , ( Josmogonic Myths — Myth 1 i. HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 8 VIII. THE CREATION «7
Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Purgatory 19
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 48 XLVIII. DIRTY-BOY **

Filed across the traditions

Siberian Holmberg Siberian 330.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

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

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