Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earth

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Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earth.

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 A832

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India Thompson-Balys.
general *Dh I 35

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Filed under Creation of earth by creator.

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Earth from body of person (animal) Earth 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 out Creator prepared earth's nucleus as one would a rice cake Creator creates earth piecemeal

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