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• Reason for creation. A5
• Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation myth. A31
• God consults two angels on creation. A42.1.1
• Creation of angels and devils. A50.1
• Creation of devil(s). (Cf. A63.) A51
• Creation of angels. A52
• Angels existed prior to creation. A52.0.3
• Creation of individual angels. A52.1
• Time of creation of the angels. A52.2
• Angels created on first day of creation. A52.2.1
• Angels created on second day of creation. A52.2.2
• Angels created on third day of creation. A52.2.3
• Archangels created on first, angels on third day of creation. A52.2.4
• Angel of sea rebels at world's creation; put to death by God. A54.1
• Marplot at creation. An evil opponent attempts to undo or mar the work of the creator. A60
• Coyote as marplot at creation. A61
• Devil as marplot at creation. A63
• Devil works during God's sleep at creation. A63.1
• Devil plans to drown God at time of creation. A63.2
• Devil and God wrestle at time of creation. A63.3
• God and the devil torment each other with their creations. Devil pesters God with gnats. God makes a fire and safeguards himself; God plagues the devil with fleas. Devil is unable to find means of protecting himself. A63.4.1
• Original creator followed by transformers. These demigods change the original creation into the present forms. A72
• Lonely creator. The creator is tired of solitude and therefore inaugurates the creation. A73
• Creation on condition that Israel accept Tora. A74.1
• Creation match between goddess-wife, god-husband. A85
• Creation of the universe. A600
• Creation of universe by creator. The creator is existing before all things. A610
• Creation of heaven, earth, and hell. A610.2
• Fiat creation. Universe is created at command of creator. A611
• Creation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universe. A612
• Creation from creator's tears. A613
• Creation of universe from clam-shell on primeval water by creator. A617
• Creation of universe from clay pot set afloat on primeval waters. A617.1
• Creation of universe from calabash. A617.2
• Spontaneous creation of universe. A620
• Spontaneous creation – evolutionary type. From primeval chaos gradually arise worlds and life. A620.1
• Creation from vapor-produced primeval giant. Vapors from half-frozen primeval river origin of giant Ymir, from whom universe is created. A621.1
• Series of creations. The present universe is the last of a succession of creations. A630
• Pre-existing world of gods above. Such a world is assumed before the real creation of the universe. Though this belief is not explicitly set forth in many mythologies, it seems to be implied in most of the North American Indian systems. See, for example, motif A31, Creator's grandmother. A631
• Succession of creations and cataclysms. From the ruins of each earlier creation a new one is raised. A632
• New creation shouted away. It is unstable and therefore unsatisfactory. A636
• Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
• Creation of universe: genealogical type. A begets B, who begets C, etc. Finally the universe is brought forth in its present form. A645
• Creation of hell. A671.0.2
• Creation of the heavenly bodies. A700
• Creation of the sky. A701
• Creation of firmament. A701.0.1
• Creation of the sun. A710
• Dispute at creation of sun. God and devil discuss creation. God plans two suns; devil persuades him to create only one. A716
• Creation of sun – miscellaneous. A719
• Sun created on fourth day of creation. A719.3
• Creation of the moon. (Cf. A710 to A719, where many of the motifs refer to the moon). A740
• Creation and condition of the stars. A760
• Creation of the stars – miscellaneous. A769
• Creation of the earth. A800
• Other means of creation of earth. A820
• Creation of earth by creator. A830
• Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earth. A832
• Making the earth larger. Gradually extended during creation. See references to A812 in which this idea is always involved. A853
• Waters created on first day of creation. A910.1
• Creation of mountains (hills). A960
• Creation of mountains and hills – miscellaneous. A969
• Creation of man. A1200
• Creation of man by creator. A1210
• Devil's unsuccessful attempt to vivify his creations as God has done. Succeeds only in making animal. A1217
• Rebel angels oppose creation of man. A1217.1
• Creation of man through evolution. A1220
• Creation of man by creator from ants. He commands them to become men. A1224.7
• Creation of man from tree. (Cf. A1236, A1275.6.) A1251
• Creation of man from wood. A1252
• Creation of man from fruit (nut). A1253
• Creation of man from fruit. A1253.1
• Creation of man from fig. A1253.1.1
• Creation of man from nut. A1253.2
• Creation of woman from coconut. The first man throws a coconut on the ground and thus creates the first woman. A1253.2.1
• Creation of first man's (woman's) mate. A1275
• Creation of first woman from man's rib. A1275.1
• Creation of man – other motifs. A1290
• Creation in covered vessel. Men (or animals) created in a basket or from a bundle, or from under a blanket. A1295
• Origin of death from bad creator's unsuccessful imitation. The bad creator attempts in vain to endow his creations with life like the good creator. Fails and thus introduces death. A1335.2
• Negroes made from left-over scraps at creation. A1614.5
• Creation of animals. (Cf. Chapter B. Animals.) A1700
• Creation of animals by God. A1701
• Creation of animals by creator. (Cf. A0.) A1702
• Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887). A1710
• Creation of animals as punishment. A1730
• Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum. A1731
• Creation of animals to take revenge. A1732
• Creation of animals as punishment for incest. A1733
• Devil's unsuccessful creation produces certain animals. (Cf. A1811, A1833.1, A1862, A1893.) A1755
• Dualism of animal creation. A1757
• Creation of animals from unusual primeval mating. A1770
• Creation of animals – other motifs. A1790
• Creation of mammals. A1800
• Creation of felidae. A1810
• Creation of cat. A1811
• Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. A1811.2
• Creation of tiger. A1815
• Creation of jaguar. A1817
• Creation of mustelidae. A1820