“women” — Mythoi

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God does not directly address women; uses interpreter. A182.3.0.4
In other world one room contains the dead, another contains souls of the unborn waiting to enter the wombs of women, and a third contains all the evil spirits. A678
Men from long nuts, women from short ones. A1253.2.2
Man chosen as best gift by primeval women. In beginning only women on earth. Deity kills one by accident and promises anything as reparation. They choose man. A1276
Why women have marks on the belly. A1310.4
Vaginal teeth broken. Women originally had toothed vaginas. Culture hero breaks teeth so that women will be harmless to men. A1313.3.1
Origin of women's breasts. A1313.4
Women at first with breasts on their foreheads. A1313.4.1
Why there are one-eyed women. A1316.3.2
Culture hero teaches women how to rear their children. A1357
Origin of sterility among women. A1358
Why women are bad. A1371
Bad women because of head exchanged with devil. Devil (serpent) and woman fight. St. Peter cuts off their heads and exchanges them. A1371.1
Bad women combination of nine different animals. A1371.2
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
Origin of other special characteristics of women. A1372
Why women are prattlers. A1372.1
Why women laugh much. When Eve sees her first child she laughs over its smallness. A1372.2
Why women are roving. A1372.3
Why women have a treble voice. A1372.4

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