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

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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.

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 A835

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LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 80 No. 1.

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Filed under Creation of earth by creator.

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Earth created from snow under divine throne

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Earth from body of person (animal)Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earth Earth from creator's cuticle. (Cf. A1211.5.)Creator prepared earth's nucleus as one would a rice cake Creator creates earth piecemeal

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