μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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
  • TahitiHenry 341
  • MarquesasHandy 122
  • PawneeAlexander N. Am. 109.
  • general Genesis ch. I. – Irish myth: Cross
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Earth from body of person (animal)Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earthEarth from creator's cuticle. (Cf. A1211.5.)Earth from nut in devil's mouth. God throws a nut over his left shoulder. The devil catches it in his mouth. The nut grows rapidly and the devil spits it outCreator prepared earth's nucleus as one would a rice cakeCreator creates earth piecemeal

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