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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| A1125 | Winds caused by flapping wings. A giant bird causes the wind with his wings. The wings are cut by the culture hero so that the bird cannot flap so hard.—Gaster Thespis 158; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 276; Babylonian: Spence 117; India: Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 292 n. 74; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Friends 39ff. No. 5. |
| A1125.1 | Wind caused by flapping of ears of giant. Peigan: Uhlenbeck Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenshappen XIII (1) 64. |
| A1126 | Wind caused by wind-god's movements. When the son of the wind lies down, the wind blows.—Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 101ff. |
| A1127 | Winds of the four quarters established. Winnebago, Omaha: Alexander N. Am. 99; Quileute: Farrand-Meyer JAFL XXXII 271 No. 13. |
| A1127.1 | Effect of the four winds on weather. Jewish: Neuman.—Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 224; Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 372. |
| A1127.1.1 | North wind tempers fury of south wind. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1127.1.2 | South wind causes heat and hurricanes. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1127.2 | Gentle west wind said to be exhausted from fleeing deity. Maori: Clark 46. |
| A1128 | Regulation of winds. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1128.1 | Angels' wings protect earth from winds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1128.2 | When wind-spirit is awake it storms; asleep, it is calm. Tonga: Gifford 53. |
| A1129 | Establishment of present order: winds—miscellaneous. |
| A1129.1 | Colors of winds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1129.1.1 | Creator establishes twelve winds, each a different color. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1129.2 | Origin of monsoon: from chewed skin and spit of pair of divine friends eating guavas. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1129.3 | Wind is blind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1130 | Establishment of present order: weather phenomena. |
| A1130.1 | Angels set over clouds, winds, and rains. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1130.2 | Origin of storms in sixth heaven. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1131 | Origin of rain. India: Thompson-Balys; Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 113. |
| A1131.0.1 | Regulation of rains. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| A1131.0.2 | Why it rains most in the hills. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1131.1 | Rain from tears. Jewish: Neuman; Ekoi: Talbot 344; Kaska: Teit JAFL XXX 448; Maori: Clark 19. |
| A1131.1.1 | Rain from urine. Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 61, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 600, (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 100; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 142. |
| A1131.2 | Rainy weather sent by saint as punishment. *Dh II 176ff. |
| A1131.3 | Rain from sea in upper world. Fb "hav" IV 203a.—Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 81; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 26, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| A1131.4 | Rain from container in sky. Gaster Thespis 192; Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 600, (East Greenland): Holm 95; S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco, Ashluslay): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366. |
| A1131.4.1 | Rain kept in waterskin dragged along sky floor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1131.5 | Rain from rain-god (rain spirit). See all references to A287.—Greek: Fox 159 (Zeus); S. Am. Indian (Toba, Chamacoco, Mataco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, MAFLS XL 26f. |
| A1131.6 | Rain shed by stars. Gaster Thespis 212. |
| A1132 | Origin of dew. Knoop Zs. f. Vksk. XXII 89; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 331ff.; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1133 | Origin of clouds. Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 19; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 97; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 79; S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366. |
| A1133.1 | Origin of clouds from Ymir's brain. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 325f., Boberg. |
| A1133.2 | Origin of clouds: creator ornaments the sky with clouds so that the mountains are sometimes shaded. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1133.3 | Clouds as smoke rising to sky. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 26f. |
| A1133.4 | Clouds as God's shield. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1134 | Origin of mist (fog). India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 176. |
| A1135 | Origin of wintry weather. |
| A1135.1 | Origin of cold in winter. |
| A1135.1.1 | Origin of cold: sun turns fiery face upward. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1135.2 | Origin of snow. Irish myth: Cross; Flemish: De Meyer FFC XXXVII 83 No. 9b; Jewish: Neuman.—Eskimo (West Greenland): Rasmussen II 33, Rink 44. |
| A1135.2.1 | Snow from feathers or clothes of a witch (Frau Holle). —*Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 119 n. 5; *Fb "sne" III 427b. |
| A1135.3 | Origin of frost. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 22; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1135.4 | Origin of hail. S. Am. Indian (Aymara): Tschopik BBAE CXLIII (2) 571. |
| A1137 | Causes of hot weather: God bores hole in hell. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1141 | Origin of lightning. Jewish: Neuman.—Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 113; Liberia: Bundy JAFL XXXII 422f.; Nootka: Sapir JAFL XXXII 354; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 61, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 175, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 600. |
| A1141.1 | Lightning as fiery snake. Siberian, Finnish: Holmberg Siberian 445. |
| A1141.2 | Lightning from flashing sword. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1141.3 | Lightning from heavenly horses striking hoofs against stars. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1141.4 | Lightning as god's whip. Gaster Thespis 157; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1141.5 | Lightning as God's messenger. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1141.6 | Lightning produced by deity. Greek: Grote I 8; Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 168. |
| A1141.7 | Lightning from fire. S. Am. Indian (Chorotí, Lengua, Ashluslay): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Tupinamba): Métraux ibid. (3) 132. |
| A1141.7.1 | Lightning as torches of invisible dancers. Africa (Fang): Trilles 174. |
| A1141.8 | Origin of lightning—other motifs. S. Am. Indian (Toba, Mataco, Chamacoco): Métraux MAFLS XL 27f., (Huamachuco): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 151. |
| A1142 | Origin of thunder. *Blinkenberg The Thunderweapon in Religion and Folklore (Cambridge 1911); *Saintyves Pierres magiques (Paris 1936); Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 82 No. 9a.; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.—Cook Group: Dixon 88; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 175, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Cape York): Rasmussen III 62; Nootka: Sapir JAFL XXXII 354; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 683f.; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 97, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 113, Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 422f. |
| A1142.0.1 | Origin of thunderbolt. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1142.1 | Creator's (deity's) voice makes thunder. Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 77. |
| A1142.2 | Thunder from flying dragon. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 440. |
| A1142.3 | Persons escape to sky and become thunder. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 96; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 177. |
| A1142.4 | Origin of thunder clouds: from wings of mountains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1142.5 | Thunder is sound of God's gun. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1142.5.1 | Thunder caused by God beating his weapon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1142.5.1.1 | Thunder from crashing of stones in moon as goddess beats tapa. Samoa: Clark 121. |
| A1142.5.1.2 | Thunder from thunder-spirit beating his children. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| A1142.6 | Cause of thunder: sounds of the horses' hoofs as gods play ball. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1142.6.1 | Thunder from clashing weapons of warring spirits in sky. S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux MAFLS XL 26. |
| A1142.7 | Thunder from deity separating the winds which try to unite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1142.8 | Thunder is noise of waterskin which rain-god drags along sky floor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1142.9 | Thunder made by giants in sky. Greek: Grote I 5, 8, 12, (Cyclops). |
| A1142.9.1 | Thunder the drums of dead. Africa (Fang): Trilles 174. |
| A1145 | Cause of earthquakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1145.1 | Earthquakes from movements of subterranean monster. (Cf. A844). —*Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 491b; *Olrik Ragnarök 278; Icel.: De la Saussaye 264.—Greek: Fox 211 (Poseidon); Jewish: Neuman; Egyptian: Müller 104; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 311f.; Armenian: Ananikian 93; India: Thompson-Balys.—S. Am. Indian (Chibcha): Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908. |
| A1145.2 | Earthquakes from movements of sea-monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1147 | Origin of stormy sky. |
| A1147.1 | Origin of red sky (blood). Kaska: Teit JAFL XXX 448; Tahiti: Henry 339. |
| A1148 | Origin of tornado sunsets; i.e., peculiar sunsets foreboding tornadoes. —Ekoi: Talbot 364. |
| A1150 | Determination of seasons. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 87 n. 3; India: Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 60, (Ojibwa): Jones JAFL XXIX 372, Carson JAFL XXX 493, (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 226, 246, (Naskapi): Speck JAFL XXVIII 76. |
| A1150.1 | Establishment of times for sowing and reaping. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1151 | Theft of the seasons. Certain seasons are lacking. A culture hero steals the season from a monster and brings it to his people.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 60a. |
| A1152 | Boneless man turned over to produce seasons. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 276 n. 16. |
| A1153 | Seasons produced by marriage of North and South. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 61. |
| A1154 | Genealogy of summer and winter. Icel.: Boberg. |
| A1155 | Why days lengthen in spring. Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 83 No. 9d. |
| A1156 | Why days shorten in autumn: the real sun sets very early because the red cockscomb plant, used to kill his brother sun with, grows to its full height during this time.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1157 | Causes of seasons—deities push sun back and forth at solstices. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119. |
| A1160 | Determination of the months. Jewish: Neuman.—Ojibwa: Carson JAFL XXX 493. |
| A1161 | February's shortage of days. Days stolen by January and March. —*Köhler-Bolte I 380f.; Destriche RTP II 53; Gaidoz Mélusine VII No. 11 (with references to earlier numbers); Shaineanu Romania XVIII 107. |
| A1170 | Origin of night and day. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1171 | Origin of day. |
| A1171.1 | Opening of creator's eyes creates day. (Cf. A0.)—Chinese: Werner 78. |
| A1171.2 | Windows in firmament shed light. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1171.3 | Angels of the day: Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1171.4 | Origin of day: son of the night and the dawn. Icel.: Boberg. |
| A1172 | Determination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determined.—Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Clark 43, 46; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 289 n. 62; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 683; African (Fang): Einstein 169. |
| A1172.1 | Regulation of sunshine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1172.2 | Wallet containing night and day. Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bissac". |
| A1172.3 | Night and day have steeds and chase each other. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 200. |
| A1174 | Origin of night. India: Thompson-Balys; Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 205. |
| A1174.1 | Night (darkness) in package. Released.—Munderucú: Alexander Lat. Am. 310; Arawak, Carib, Surinam: ibid. 274. |
| A1174.2 | Why some nights are dark and some light. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1174.3 | 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.). —Banks Is.: Dixon 113. |
| A1174.3.1 | Night stolen and kept in jar. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 683. |
| A1174.4 | Night caused by deity wrapping himself in dark mantle. Maori: Clark 17, 21. |
| A1177 | Why sun shines on Saturday (Friday). *Dh II 30.—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 83 No. 9c; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1178 | Origin of "yesterday" and "today." India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1179 | Origin of night and day—miscellaneous. |
| A1179.1 | Origin of twilight. |
| A1179.1.1 | Twilight reflection of fires of hell. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1179.2 | Origin of dawn. |
| A1179.2.1 | Dawn reflection of roses of paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1180 | Establishment of present order—miscellaneous motifs. |
| A1181 | Determination of world center. By reaching to its ends.—N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 223. |
| A1182 | Determination of world quarters. The four cardinal points.—Yuma: N. Curtis Craftsman XVI 560. |
| A1185 | Wings cut from flying mountains. In beginning mountains have wings. They are cut off by thunderbolt.—Hindu: Penzer VI 3 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1186 | Measuring the world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1187 | Creator appoints a chief for each class of created things: Lucifer for demons, Sion for mountains, etc.—Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1191 | All things receive names. Chinese: Graham; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1195 | Origin of echo. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 172. |
| A1196 | Why salt disappeared from forests. S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| A1200 | Creation of man. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 460 s.v. "Anthropogonie"; *DeCock Volkssage, 146ff.; *Basset RTP XVIII 542 and references to earlier volumes. —Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 34 No. 6; Jewish: *Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 371ff.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 283 n. 49, (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 94; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XI 338, (N. Alaska and Mackenzie River): Jenness 80, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 152, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 167; Quiché: Alexander Lat. Am. 163. |
| A1201 | Man created to rule the earth. Africa (Fang): Trilles 131. |
| A1205 | Unacceptable gods as first inhabitants of earth. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 60. |
| A1210 | Creation of man by creator. *Dh I 89.—Irish myth: Cross; Greek: *Grote I 71; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3030; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 81.—Maori: Dixon 23, 26; Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 312; Hawaiian, Tahitan: Dixon 26; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 92; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684, (Tucuna): Nimuendajú ibid. 724; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 105, (Ibo of Nigeria): Basden 282, (Ekoi): Talbot 373. |
| A1211 | Man made from creator's body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1211.0.1 | Man springs into existence from deity's body by his mere thinking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1211.1 | Man from dirt mixed with creator's blood. Eitrem Opferritus und Voropfer der Griechen und Römer (Skrifter Akad. Oslo 1914 No. 1 426).—Gaster Oldest Stories 69; Babylonian: Spence 81.—New Britain: Dixon 107 (figures drawn on ground and sprinkled with creator's blood). |
| A1211.2 | Man from sweat of creator. Dh I 113; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 33.—Persian: Carnoy 293. |
| A1211.3 | Man from spittle of creator. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 32; Oceanic: Dixon 24. |
| A1211.3.1 | Being made from spittle of the gods. Icel.: De la Saussaye 233. |
| A1211.4 | Man made from creator's eye. Egyptian: Müller 70ff. |
| A1211.5 | Man made from dirt rubbed from creator's (hero's) body. (Cf. A833). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1211.5.1 | Man made from broken off toenail of creator. S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| A1211.6 | Primeval human pair spring from two drops of urine of creator (woman from half-drop). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1211.7 | First man the result of maid having licked semen-stained loin cloth of creator's teacher. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1211.8 | Primeval crab pulls first five living creatures out of his side. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1212 | Man created in creator's image. Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 43. |
| A1215 | Man originates from god who comes to earth. West Caroline Is.: Dixon 250. |
| A1216 | Man as offspring of creator. Greek: Fox 11.—India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Dixon 156, 167, Voorhoeve Overzicht 64. |
| A1216.1 | Mankind from masturbation of creator with earth. (Cf. A615.1.) Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 314. |
| A1217 | Devil's unsuccessful attempt to vivify his creations as God has done. Succeeds only in making animal.—Dh I 90ff., 156ff.; *Fb "menneske" II 578a.—Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 4, 39, 41, 149; Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 61; Maidu: Dixon BAM XVII 39ff. No. 1. |
| A1217.1 | Rebel angels oppose creation of man. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A1218 | Man created by co-operation of the gods. *BP III 54.—Icel.: De la Saussaye 263, MacCulloch Eddic 327; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 39; Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Fox 15. |
| A1220 | Creation of man through evolution. Hawaiian: Dixon 15f.; Samoan: ibid. 18, 28; Maori: ibid. 27. |
| A1220.1 | Progressive degeneration to present race of men. Greek: *Grote I 64. |
| A1221 | Mankind from unusual primeval mating. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1221.1 | Mankind begotten by giant's two feet. He touches one foot with the other and begets progeny.—Icel.: De la Saussaye 342 (Ymir). |
| A1221.2 | Mankind from "Peace and Quiet fructified by Light." Hawaiian: Dixon 16. |
| A1221.3 | Mankind from mating of pairs of reeds. Igorot (Luzon): Dixon 176. |
| A1221.4 | Mankind from mating of tree and vine. Borneo: Dixon 159; Samoan: ibid. 164 n. 37. |
| A1221.5 | Mankind from mating of frog and "daughter of fire." Africa: Bouvergnes 33, 40. |
| A1221.6 | Mankind from human-animal mating. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 88. |
| A1222 | Mankind originates from eggs. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 89 No. 49; India: Thompson-Balys; Oceanic: Dixon 109 (Fiji, Torres Straits, Admiralty Is.), 109 n. 17 (Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia), 160 (Sumatra), 169f. (Indonesia), Handy 125 (Marquesas); S. Am. Indian (Jivaro): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 148, (Mbaya): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367. |
| A1224 | Descent of man from animals. *Lang Myth I 179, 184; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 465; *Frazer Old Testament I 33ff.—Australian: Van Gennep Mythes et légendes d'Australie 2f., 8f.; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 374; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 168, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 261, (Greenland): Rink 471, (Cape York): Rasmussen III 85, (W. Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 359, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 152, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 482, (Mackenzie River): Jenness RCanAE XIII 81; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 104. |
| A1224.0.1 | Mankind is descended from marriage of human being and animal. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 482, cf. Thompson Tales n. 2; S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| A1224.1 | Mankind descended from tadpoles. Wa (Indo-Chinese): Scott Indo-Chinese 293. |
| A1224.2 | Mankind descended from worms or larvae. Eastern Indonesian: Dixon 169; Tonga: Gifford 15f.; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| A1224.3 | Woman created from dog's tail. Eve.—*Dh I 114ff.; *Bolte Zs f. Vksk. XI 255 n. 3; Polívka ibid. XVI 212.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VII 5 No. 11, XXXIII 52 No. 11; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 140 No. 10; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 82 No. 17; Flemish: DeMeyer XXXVII 83 No. 11; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 36ff., 52, 65. |
| A1224.4 | Mankind born from a cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1224.5 | Descent of men from monkeys. Chinese: Graham. |
| A1224.5.1 | Men are monkeys who have lost their tails. Chinese: Graham. |
| A1224.6 | Mankind descended from fish. S. Am. Indian (Tucuna): Nimuendajú BBAE CXLIII 93, 294. |
| A1224.7 | Creation of man by creator from ants. He commands them to become men.—Greek: Fox 11. |
| A1225 | First men undeveloped. Rudimentary and amorphous, gradually assume present shape.—Arunta: Dixon 272; Borneo: ibid. 159; Society Is.: ibid. 29, 164; Nias Is., Samoan: ibid. 164 n. 35, 36. |
| A1225.1 | First couple organically united. Like Siamese twins. (Cf. A1275.2.) —Jewish: Neuman.—S. Am. Indian (Chaco): Alexander Lat. Am. 322, (Lengua): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 267. |
| A1225.2 | Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them.—Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 376. |
| A1225.2.1 | Man given hands, feet, mouth and nose by monkey. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 68. |
| A1226 | Man created after series of unsuccessful experiments. Greek: *Grote I 62; Quiché: Alexander Lat. Am. 163ff.; Cakchiquel: ibid. 180; Banks Is.: Beckwith Myth 61. |
| A1226.1 | Creator makes man out of butter first; it would not stand up and melted. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1227 | Different types of men produced from one original type. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1230 | Emergence or descent of first man to earth. |
| A1231 | First man descends from sky. *Lang Myth I 75; India: *Thompson-Balys; German New Guinea: Dixon 111; Northern Australia: ibid. 274; Kei Is. (Indonesia): ibid. 156; Eastern Indonesian: ibid. 167.—N. A. Indian: Krickeberg Indianermärchen aus Nordamerika 10; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 517; Carib: Alexander Lat. Am. 38; S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315, (Yagua): Steward-Métraux ibid. (3) 736, (Warrau): Kirchoff ibid. (3) 880, (Bacairi): Lévi-Strauss ibid. (3) 347, (Tiatinagua): Métraux ibid. (3) 448, (Toba, Mataco): Métraux ibid. (1) 367, Métraux MAFLS XL 21f., 101.—African: Werner African 152. |
| A1231.1 | Mankind from featherless bird sent from sky. Sumatra: Dixon 169. |
| A1232 | Mankind ascends from under the earth. (Cf. A1631.) Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.—S. Am. Indian (Chaco, Pampean): Alexander Lat. Am. 322, (Tereno, Caduveo, Mbaya): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367, (Inca): Rowe ibid. (2) 315, (Munderucú): Horton ibid. (3) 281, (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux ibid. (3) 550, (Chamacoco): Métraux MAFLS XL 25; N. Am. Indian (Zuсi): *Benedict 337. |
| A1232.1 | Mankind from bones of dead brought from underworld. Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 90. |
| A1232.2 | Mankind emerges from lake. A woman and boy. They marry and populate earth.—Chibcha (with reference to other South American tribes): Alexander Lat. Am. 199. |
| A1232.2.1 | Mankind emerges from water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1232.3 | Mankind emerges from caves. India: Thompson-Balys; Haitian: Alexander Lat. Am. 30; S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 317, (Aymara): Tschopik ibid. (2) 571, (Araucanian): Cooper ibid. (2) 753, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. (3) 503, (Mbaya): Métraux ibid. (1) 367, (Tiatinagua): Métraux ibid. (3) 449, (Caduveo): Métraux MAFLS XL 106; African: Werner African 147. |
| A1232.3.1 | Mankind emerges from a pit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1234 | Mankind emerges from ground. Greek: *Grote I 177; Australian: Dixon Oc. Myth. 271; Papuan (British New Guinea): ibid. 110; Indonesian: ibid. 169 n. 79—81; Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 312; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 47; African: Werner African 147. |
| A1234.1 | Earth as virgin mother of Adam. *Denk Zs. f. Vksk. XII 352. |
| A1234.1.1 | Primeval human pair spring from womb of Mother Earth. (Cf. A1270.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1234.2 | Mankind emerges from mountain. Pijaos (Colombia): Alexander Lat. Am. 200. |
| A1234.3 | Spontaneous generation. Scientists find child on deserted island. They suggest that he has emerged from the ground. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| A1234.4 | Earth gives birth to woman. Chinese: Graham. |
| A1236 | Mankind emerges from tree. (Cf. A1251.)—Indonesian: Dixon 168f.; Papuan (British New Guinea): ibid. 110; Sumatra: ibid. 160.—S. Am. Indian (Warrau): Kirchoff BBAE CXLIII (3) 880, (Chamacoco): Métraux ibid. (1) 367; African: Werner African 145f. |
| A1236.1 | Mankind emerges from buds on trees. Nias Is.: Dixon 167; Sumatran: ibid. 160. |
| A1236.2 | Tribes emerge from melon. Lao, Wa (Indo-China): Scott Indo-Chin. 286, 289. |
| A1240 | Man made from mineral substance. |
| A1241 | Man made from clay (earth). *Dh I 89-III passim; Barton JAOS XXXIX 287; *Frazer Old Testament I 3—29.—Irish myth: Cross; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 51 n. 5, Fox 10f., 13, 208; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer III 59; Babylonian: Spence 86; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 373; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 114ff.—Polynesian (Maori, Hawaii, Tahiti, Society Is., Marquesas): Dixon 24—26; Indonesian: ibid. 172ff. n. 96—100, 104—106; Australian: ibid. 273; Marquesas: Handy 122f.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 44ff.; Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 315.—Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 454; N. A. Indian: Krickeberg Indianermärchen 267, 307, 321f., (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 56; S. Am. Indian (Lengua): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367, (Apapocuva-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 136; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 85; Quiché: ibid. 163. |
| A1241.1 | Man made from piece of clay thrown on ground. Babylonian: Spence 162. |
| A1241.2 | Man made from sand sprinkled with water. Muzo (Colombia): Alexander Lat. Am. 200. |
| A1241.3 | Man made from clay image and vivified. (Cf. A1241.2, A1252.1.) —Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 4, 34f.; Jewish: *Neuman, Moreno Esdras; Indonesian: Dixon 172ff.; Banks Is., New Hebrides: ibid. 107; Hawaii: *Beckwith Myth 43—46; S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. (3) 504; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 94. |
| A1241.4 | Man made from earth reddened with blood of human sacrifice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1241.4.1 | Man from clay and animal's blood. Africa (Loango): pechuël-Loesche 267. |
| A1241.5 | Man made of earth brought from four different places. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1245 | Man created from stones. Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 463.—Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 55 n. 2; Fox 11.—Nauru (Pleasant Is.): Dixon 252; Tongan, Samoan, Melanesian: ibid. 158; Indonesian: Kruyt Het Animisme 469.—Central American: Van Cappelle Mythen en Sagen uit West Indië 19; S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315, (Paressi): Métraux ibid. (3) 359. |
| A1245.1 | New race from stones thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1254.1.).—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 55 n. 2, Fox 19. |
| A1245.2 | Mankind from vivified stone image. (Cf. A1241.3, A1252.1.). —Indonesian: Dixon 174. |
| A1245.3 | Mankind from cleft rock. Formosa: Dixon 170; Gilbert Is.: ibid. 251. |
| A1245.4 | Mankind from salty stone (ice block) licked by cow. (Audhumla). —Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 63, 324, Boberg. |
| A1245.5 | Man born from mountains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1246 | Mankind originates from shell. New Hebrides: Dixon 110. |
| A1247 | Mankind originates from metals. Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 85. |
| A1250 | Man made from vegetable substance. |
| A1251 | Creation of man from tree. (Cf. A1236, A1275.6.)—Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 461, 955; Holmberg Baum 69; BP III 54.—Icel.: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 579, MacCulloch Eddic 327f., Boberg; Greek: Fox 11; Hindu: Berguigne La religion védique I 100.—Australian: Dixon 274; Island of Nieue: ibid. 30; Melanesian: ibid. 106; Solomon Is.: ibid. 110; Ceram, Amboina, Formosa, Borneo, Nias: ibid. 168; Indonesian: Voorhoeve Overzicht 65, Kruyt Het Animisme 465.—Central American: Van Cappelle 18; S. Am. Indian (Tembé): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 140. |
| A1252 | Creation of man from wood. Borneo: Dixon 174f.; S. Am. Indian (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 360. |
| A1252.1 | Mankind from vivified wooden image. (Cf. A1241.3, A1245.2) —Indonesian: Dixon 172ff.; Admiralty Is., Banks Is.: ibid. 106; India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Bacairi, Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 312. |
| A1253 | Creation of man from fruit (nut). |
| A1253.1 | Creation of man from fruit. |
| A1253.1.1 | Creation of man from fig. S. Am. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 108. |
| A1253.1.2 | First man born from apple. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 90 No. 49. |
| A1253.2 | Creation of man from nut. |
| A1253.2.1 | Creation of woman from coconut. The first man throws a coconut on the ground and thus creates the first woman.—New Britain: Dixon 107f. |
| A1253.2.2 | Men from long nuts, women from short ones. S. Am. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 108. |
| A1254 | Man created from seeds. Burmese: Scott Indo-Chin. 281; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 450; Isthmian tribes (Panama): Alexander Lat. Am. 193; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| A1254.1 | New race from seeds thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1245.1., A1006.)—Tamanac (Carib): Alexander Lat. Am. 271. |
| A1255 | Man made from plant. Sulka (New Britain): Dixon 130, 132 n. 2. |
| A1255.1 | Man from sugar-cane stalks. Solomon Is., New Britain: Dixon 110. |
| A1255.2 | Man from ears of corn. Navaho: Alexander N. Am. 158. |
| A1256 | Man made from herb. Tunja (Colombia): Alexander Lat. Am. 200. |
| A1256.1 | Man made from grass. Hindu: Penzer IV 128.—Ata (Mindanao): Dixon 176. |
| A1260 | Mankind made from miscellaneous materials. Indonesian: Dixon 176. |
| A1260.1 | Man made from combination of different objects. Grimm Deutsche Mythologie I 468ff.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 371. |
| A1260.1.1 | Man made of four elements. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1260.1.2 | Man made of substances from eight different sources. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1260.1.3 | Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds—or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water.—*Dh I 111ff.; Köhler-Bolte II 1ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 326f.; Siberian: *Holmberg Siberian 376. |
| A1260.1.4 | Seven substances employed in composition of human body. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1260.1.5 | Man made of clay with bones of stone, with blood of water and with vines for veins. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1261 | Man made from water. Greek: Fox 10; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1261.1 | Man created from sea-foam. *Dh I 18f., cf. 23. |
| A1261.2 | Man created from egg formed from sea-foam. Minahassa (Celebes): Dixon 157. |
| A1262 | Man created from sweat. Icel.: De la Saussaye 342. |
| A1262.1 | Man created from sweat, heat, and breath. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1263 | Man created from part of body. |
| A1263.1 | Man created from blood. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1263.1.1 | Man created from blood-clot. Chatham Is., Samoan, Melanesian: Dixon 30; Admiralty Is., Polynesian, Indonesian, Melanesian, New Britain: *ibid. 109 n. 17. |
| A1263.1.2 | Man from blood of game animal. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| A1263.2 | Man created from fingernail. Yuracare (West Brazil): Alexander Lat. Am. 314. |
| A1263.3 | Man created from rubbings of skin. India: Thompson-Balys; Zuсi: Parsons JAFL XXIX 394 n. 1. |
| A1263.4 | Man created from spittle of holy person. *Fb "spytte" III 515b. |
| A1263.5 | Man created from animal horns that bloomed and bore him as fruit. Chinese: Graham. |
| A1263.6 | Man created from culture hero's genitals. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 139, 165, 168, 178, 218. |
| A1263.7 | Man created from animal bone. Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 51. |
| A1265 | Men created from sown dragon's teeth. Cadmus, Jason.—Grierson FL XXXIII (1922) 380.—Greek: Fox 10, 45, 112; Frazer Apollodorus I 315 n. 2. |
| A1266 | Man created from food. |
| A1266.1 | Man made from meat-ball. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 89 No. 49. |
| A1268 | Man created from ashes (cinders). India: Thompson-Balys; Gilbert Is. (Micronesia): Dixon 252; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 85. |
| A1268.1 | Tribe born from fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1270 | Primeval human pair. India: *Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Apapocuva-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. 144, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359. |
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