Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent — Mythoi

Motif

Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F526.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XIV

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 76 n. 3. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XIV

Within the index

Filed under Person with compound body.

Filed beside it

Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings Beast-like anchorite. Walks on all fours; covered with hair like beast; has horns like beast. (Cf. F521.1.) Men with two faces, three legs, and seven arms (or other such combinations)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Local deluges Determination of seasons Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.) Origin of amber in poplar trees. (Cf. A2731.2.) Origin of gum in myrrh tree. (Cf. A2731.2.) Transformation: man to nightingale Sea produced by magic Man marries his aunt (mother's sister) Birth from semen thrown on ground

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