Meander-pursuit. (Cf. A901.) – A fugitive's doublings cause a river's windings

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Meander-pursuit. (Cf. A901.) – A fugitive's doublings cause a river's windings.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Water features. · Origin of streams. · view the constellation · filed as A931

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

N. Am. IndianKroeber JAFL XXI 224, (Micmac): Speck JAFL XXVIII 60, (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 62.

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Filed under Origin of streams.

Filed beside it

Creator of rivers River from urine of goddess (giantess)Various origins of rivers Origin of falls (cataracts)Why there is no mist on a certain river: fanned away with a pair of eagle's wings Rivers and streams offspring of marriage of Ocean and his sister

Travels with

Topographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etc

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