μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Earth from body of slain animal.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · –A839. Creation of the earth. · Creation of earth by creator. Genesis ch. I. · view the constellation · filed as A831.6

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Filed under Earth from body of person (animal).

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Earth from body of son of deity Earth from giant's body (Ymir). (Cf. A614.1.) Earth by sacrifice of son and daughter of first couple Earth by murder of first brother and sister Earth from the body of murdered child Earth from body of divine suicide Gods create the earth from their dead victim's blood and bones Earth created from Adam's body

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