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• First human pair as creators. (Cf. A1270.) A2.2
• Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
• Angels created on first day of creation. A52.2.1
• Archangels created on first, angels on third day of creation. A52.2.4
• Devil in serpent form tempts first woman (Satan and Eve). A63.6
• First deity grows out of primeval chaos. A115.1
• First men created with eternal life become gods. A117.1
• Sun and moon placed in top of tree. Hero makes the sun and moon and fastens them to the top of the "World Tree" (cf. A652), but they give no light at first. A714.2
• Sun born of first couple. A715
• Four suns at first: culture hero shoots three down. A716.1
• Moon born from first couple. A745.1
• China first land to appear in our world. A802
• Earth made by first couple dancing on bit of cloth laid on water. A825
• Earth by sacrifice of son and daughter of first couple. A831.3
• Earth by murder of first brother and sister. A831.4
• Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
• Hardening of the earth. At first it is soft, but is hardened by sun's rays. A856
• Ground, previously all wet, dries up when first woman cuts her little finger and blood drips on ground. A856.2
• Waters created on first day of creation. A910.1
• River from vagina of first woman. A933.2
• [First Edition: A953. Why mud is soft.] A953[1st ed.]
• Mountains originated from primeval journeys of the first man. A962.6
• First race of men perishes when sun first rises. A1009.1
• Unacceptable gods as first inhabitants of earth. A1205
• First man the result of maid having licked semen-stained loin cloth of creator's teacher. A1211.7
• Primeval crab pulls first five living creatures out of his side. A1211.8
• First men undeveloped. Rudimentary and amorphous, gradually assume present shape. A1225
• First couple organically united. Like Siamese twins. (Cf. A1275.2.) A1225.1
• Creator makes man out of butter first; it would not stand up and melted. A1226.1
• Emergence or descent of first man to earth. A1230
• First man descends from sky. A1231
• First man born from apple. A1253.1.2
• Creation of woman from coconut. The first man throws a coconut on the ground and thus creates the first woman. A1253.2.1
• Origin of first parents. A1271
• Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
• Sun and moon beget stones and birds: these transformed to first parents. A1271.2
• First parents children of god. A1271.3
• First parents originate from gold which is from body of first man. Born fifteen years old. A1271.4
• Twin first parents. A1273
• Incestuous first parents. A1273.1
• Creation of first man's (woman's) mate. A1275
• Creation of first woman from man's rib. A1275.1
• First man split in two to form mate. (Cf. A1225.1.) A1275.2
• First woman's mate made from transformed tree. A1275.6
• First man created from nothing wanders until he finds mate. A1275.7
• Why Eve was not made at first along with Adam. A1275.8
• First man descends on earth, falls in love with and marries a fairy. A1275.9
• First created man catches woman in his snare. A1275.10
• Offspring of first parents. A1277
• First parents devour offspring. A1277.1
• Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color. A1277.3
• First man and woman bring in children and clothe them. A1277.4
• Of first parents husband so hideous he is kept hidden. A1279.1
• First man (woman). A1280
• Condition of first man (woman). A1281
• First man covered with horny substance. (Cf. A1310.1.) A1281.1
• Man at first covered with hair. A1281.2
• Man at first naked. A1281.3
• First man created circumcised. A1281.5
• Adam at first nameless. A1281.6
• Activities of first man. A1285
• First man made chief over whole world. A1285.1
• First human being killed by jealous brothers (reptiles and insects). A1297
• Men at first as large as giants. A1301
• Women at first with breasts on their foreheads. A1313.4.1
• Man at first with two faces, separated at birth of first woman. A1316.0.1
• Men and animals readjust span of life. At first, thirty years are given to all animals and to man. For the animals it is too long, for man too short. Man is given a portion of animals' lives. Years 1–30 vigorous (man's own); 30–48 burdens and blows (ass's); 48–60 no teeth (dog's); 60–70 foolish (monkey's). A1321
• Long span of life for first man. A1323
• Short span of life for first men. A1325
• Paradise lost because first woman is seduced. A1331.2.1
• First son who died before his father after the Flood. A1335.7
• The "three first cries that made their way to God": the cry of the blood of Abel, etc. A1344.1
• Man must labor for a living: at first everything too easy. Full crops produce themselves, trees drop sugar etc. A1346.2
• Cotton at first already spun into threads. A1346.2.1
• First people have everything they wish (life without work). A1346.2.2
• Bad women from transformed hog and goose. Peter, having only one daughter, foolishly promises her to three men. He asks the Lord to create two others. This request is granted. The first creature he meets on two successive mornings he is to greet, and they will be transformed. He meets a hog and a goose. His two new daughters have these characteristics. A1371.3
• Why women laugh much. When Eve sees her first child she laughs over its smallness. A1372.2
• Shame for nakedness appears to first woman. (Leaves for clothes). A1383.1
• First walk by Adam. A1392
• After Fall first parents fed and clothed from one palm-tree. A1420.5
• Intoxicating drink first used at the wedding feast of the first couple. A1427.0.3
• First wells dug. A1429.3.1
• Iron at first was made for food, not for weapons. A1432.1.1
• First money received from kettle which two dead men try in vain to carry from hell to heaven. A1433.0.1
• First shepherder. A1443.1
• First poetry composed in imitation of tones of hammer on anvil. A1464.1.1
• First church bell built on model of bluebell. A1466.1
• Why one presents stranger with first fish caught. A1528
• First convert to Christianity in Ireland. A1546.3.1
• First monk, first pilgrim. A1546.3.2
• Brother-sister marriage of children of first parents. A1552.3
• Adam named from first letters of four stars. A1577.1
• First judgment in Ireland. A1580.1.1
• First surety. A1586
• First men without beards: Cain, Abel. A1597.1
• Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water. A1614.2
• Indians and whites from different legs of first man. A1614.7
• Buffaloes emerge from earth, the first man holding the tail of last one. A1714.3.1
• First lapdog in Ireland. A1831.2
• First deer in Ireland – introduced by Tuatha Dé Danann. A1875.0.1