• Original creator followed by transformers. These demigods change the original creation into the present forms. A72
• God originally resident among men. A151.9
• Raising of the sky. Originally the sky is near the earth (usually because of the conjunction of the sky-father and earth-mother). It is raised to its present place. A625.2
• Heaven and earth originally connected by navel string. Navel string cut. A625.2.1
• Universe from pre-existing rocks. Originally rocks are assumed and everything is made from them. A644
• Originally a moon but no sun. A711.3
• Originally no sun. A711.4
• Raising the sun. Originally low, it is raised little by little by conjurors. A727
• Sun originally so hot that it threatens all life. A727.1
• Original moon changed into sun and sun into moon. A736.8
• Lake originally filled with palm wine. A920.1.16
• Islands originally form continent, later separated. A955.11
• Cave of winds. Winds originally confined in caves. A1122
• Purchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.) A1174.3
• Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them. A1225.2
• Different types of men produced from one original type. A1227
• Of ten original men one magically changes sex. A1275.3
• Men originally self-luminous. A1281.4
• Misplaced genitalia. Originally genitals are misplaced. They are properly arranged by the culture hero. A1313.3
• Vaginal teeth broken. Women originally had toothed vaginas. Culture hero breaks teeth so that women will be harmless to men. A1313.3.1

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