44 motifs match “universe”  ·  back to the chapters

• Division of control of universe among gods. A161.1
• Creation of the universe. A600
• Universe created in specified time and order. A601
• Universe created in five periods of time. A601.1
• Universe created in six days. A601.2
• Creation of universe by creator. The creator is existing before all things. A610
• Fiat creation. Universe is created at command of creator. A611
• Creator uses particular formula (letters) to create universe. A611.0.1
• Creation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universe. A612
• World-soul. The universe a manifestation of the creator. A612.1
• Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc. A614
• Universe from parts of man's body. (Cf. A831.2) A614.1
• Universe as offspring of creator. The Sky Father begets various parts of the universe by his various wives. A615
• Universe from creator's masturbation with water, with stone, and with earth. (Cf. A1216.1). A615.1
• Universe from copulation of various objects to produce others. A615.2
• 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
• Universe created by various activities of creator. A618
• Universe coughed into being. A618.1
• Universe created by spitting. A618.2
• Spontaneous creation of universe. A620
• Universe from congealed vapor. A621
• Creation from vapor-produced primeval giant. Vapors from half-frozen primeval river origin of giant Ymir, from whom universe is created. A621.1
• Universe created out of fire world. A622
• Universe created out of ice and mist. A623
• World parents: sky-father and earth-mother as parents of the universe. The sky-father descends upon the earth-mother and begets the world. A625
• 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
• Earlier universe opposite of present. Everything in the earlier world was the reverse of the present world. Cf. A855. A633
• Other means of creating the universe. A640
• Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg. A641
• Universe from body of slain giant. Ymir. (Cf. A621.1.) A642
• Universe from pre-existing rocks. Originally rocks are assumed and everything is made from them. A644
• Creation of universe: genealogical type. A begets B, who begets C, etc. Finally the universe is brought forth in its present form. A645
• Universe from cosmic fowl. A647
• The universe as a whole. A650
• Primary elements of universe. (Earth, air, fire, water, etc.) A654
• Size and distances of the universe. A658
• Five hundred years travel across universe. A658.2
• The universe as a whole – miscellaneous. A659
• Seven days silence in whole universe at the end of the world. A1057
• The cow Audhumla sprang from the dripping rime of the creation of the universe. (Cf. A1245.4. and B19.2.1.) B715
• Task: bringing something ever-increasing (ambition); something ever-decreasing (life); something which neither increases nor decreases (one's fated lot); and something which both increases and decreases (universe). H1075