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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
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| A1993 | Creation of cuckoo. Dh II 99, 101 (Cf. A1715.2.)—Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 78; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 88 No. 94a; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3134ff., Legends Nos. 248—252; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A51 | Creation of devil(s). (cf. A63). |
| A2030 | Creation of diptera. |
| A1975 | Creation of diver (bird). Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 45 n. 2 (cf. A1710). |
| A1831 | Creation of dog. Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751); ibid. II 101 (Cf. A1715.2). —Irish: Beal XXI 330; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 72; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 436, 500; Maori: Clark 50; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 47; Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 376. |
| A1948 | Creation of dove. Dh I 164 (cf. A1751).—S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 178. |
| A1983 | Creation of duck. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A830 | Creation of earth by creator. Genesis ch. I.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Tahiti: Henry 341; Marquesas: Handy 122; Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 109. |
| A2131 | Creation of eel. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXV 149 No. 62; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 287. |
| A1887 | Creation of elephant. Benga: Nassau No. 3 (Cf. A1710); Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 363 No. 15; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1930 | Creation of faiconiformes. |
| A1810 | Creation of felidae. |
| A1926 | Creation of finch. Dh I 164 (cf. A1751). |
| A2094 | Creation of fireflies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A701.0.1 | Creation of firmament. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1275 | Creation of first man's (woman's) mate. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1275.1 | Creation of first woman from man's rib. *Dh I 115ff.; *Frazer Old Testament I 9f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 34, 36ff., 52, 65; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 379; Hawaiian: Dixon 24; cf. Central Caroline Is.: ibid. 251, Beckwith Myth 43, 46. |
| A2100 | Creation of fish. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth; 287, 422; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G 3/1100); S. Am. Indian: (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 84. |
| A2032.4 | Creation of flea: God plagues the devil with fleas. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 131ff. |
| A2032.1 | Creation of flea: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)—Dh II 111ff. |
| A2032.2 | Creation of flea: to give women work. (Cf. A2051.1.)—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 89 No. 125a; cf. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 93 No. 103. |
| A2032 | Creation of flea. Cf. Type 276**.—Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2031.1 | Creation of fly: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)—Dh II 111ff. |
| A2031 | Creation of fly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1832 | Creation of fox. India: Thompson-Balys; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| A2033 | Creation of gnat. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 93 No. 102. |
| A1885 | Creation of goat. Dh I 153f., 164 (Cf. A1751); Fb "gjed" IV 178a.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3090, Legends Nos. 149—152; German: Grimm No. 148; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2064 | Creation of grasshopper. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1945 | Creation of gull. |
| A1856 | Creation of hare (rabbit). Dh I 164; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 639, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 263. |
| A1937 | Creation of hawk. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 17 No. 95 (cf. A1710); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A610.2 | Creation of heaven, earth, and hell. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 42. |
| A671.0.2 | Creation of hell. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 2, 5, 7; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2050 | Creation of hemiptera. |
| A1872 | Creation of hippopotamus. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 386. |
| A1871 | Creation of hog (pig). Dh II 102—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 144 No. 34; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 88 No. 68; India: Thompson-Balys; Rarotonga (Cook Island): Beckwith Myth 101. |
| A2286.1.1 | Creation of hog incomplete since God has to go to a fire: cause of hog's round snout. (Cf. A2335.4.2.)—Dh III 24, 493.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 12 No. 65. |
| A2012.0.1 | Creation of honey-bees: transformed man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1952 | Creation of hoopoe. Transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.)—*BP III 286 (Gr. No. 173); Dh III 394; Greek: Grote 182 (Tereus). |
| A2013 | Creation of hornet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1881 | Creation of horse. Dh. I 155, 164 (Cf. A1751); *Fb "hest" I 599; Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 213 ff.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 11 No. 58; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3092, Legends No. 135f., 153—160; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 189. |
| A1834.3 | Creation of hyena. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2010 | Creation of hymenoptera. |
| A52.1 | Creation of individual angels. |
| A2000 | Creation of insects. Knortz Die Inzekten in Sage, Sitte und Literatur (Annaberg 1910). Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1834.2 | Creation of jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1817 | Creation of jaguar. S. Am. Indian (Mojo): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 424. |
| A1921 | Creation of jay. Dh I 164 (cf. A1751).—Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 54 No. 96** (cf. 1715.2), No. 95**. |
| A1938 | Creation of kite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2095 | Creation of lac insects. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1911 | Creation of lark. Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751).—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3148; Legends Nos. 124ff., 258f. |
| A2040 | Creation of lepidoptera. |
| A2135.2 | Creation of leviathan. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2148 | Creation of lizard. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2051 | Creation of louse. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 39 No. 61; Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 263. |
| A2121 | Creation of mackerel. Dh I 156. |
| A2053 | Creation of maggots. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1922 | Creation of magpie. Dh I 164 (cf. A1751).—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 16 No. 88. |
| A1800 | Creation of mammals. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1224.7 | Creation of man by creator from ants. He commands them to become men.—Greek: Fox 11. |
| 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. |
| A1253.1.1 | Creation of man from fig. S. Am. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 108. |
| A1253 | Creation of man from fruit (nut). |
| A1253.1 | Creation of man from fruit. |
| A1253.2 | Creation of man from nut. |
| 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. |
| A1220 | Creation of man through evolution. Hawaiian: Dixon 15f.; Samoan: ibid. 18, 28; Maori: ibid. 27. |
| A1290 | Creation of man—other motifs. |
| 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. |
| A1824 | Creation of marten. Kaska: Teit JAFL XXX 432. |
| A1970 | Creation of miscellaneous birds. |
| A2070 | Creation of miscellaneous insects. |
| A1893 | Creation of mole. Dh I 156ff. (Cf. A1755).—England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| A1857 | Creation of mongoose. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1861.3 | Creation of monkey: lazy man. *Fb "abe" IV 2a. |
| A1861 | Creation of monkey. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 189f.; S. Am. Indian (Macovi): Métraux MAFLS XL 35. |
| A1861.2 | Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.)—Dh II 168.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 13 No. 68; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 46; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 68; German: Grimm No. 147.—Cf. Type 753. |
| A1876 | Creation of moose (elk). Quileute: Farrand JAFL XXXII 258. |
| A1884.1 | Creation of mountain sheep. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 454. |
| A960 | Creation of mountains (hills). Norwegian: Solheim Register 22; Persian: Carnoy; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 47. |
| A969 | Creation of mountains and hills—miscellaneous. |
| A1853.1 | Creation of mouse by devil in ark. (Cf. A1811.2.)—*Dh I 166, 273; *Fb "mus" II 632a.; Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 11 No. 55, XXXIII 53 No. 55. |
| A1853 | Creation of mouse. Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 150 No. 71 (Cf. A1715.4); Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3120. Legends No. 220f. |
| A2112 | Creation of mullet. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 63. |
| A1820 | Creation of mustelidae. |
| A1928 | Creation of myna (bird). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1912.2 | Creation of nightingale. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 147 No. 52; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 78; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3150; Greek: Grote I 182 (Philomela). |
| A2060 | Creation of orthoptera. |
| A1890 | Creation of other mammals. |
| A1821 | Creation of otter. |
| A1958 | Creation of owl. (Cf. A1710.)—Fb "ugle" III 964b.—Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 47; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1997 | Creation of papiha. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1994 | Creation of parrot. India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503, (Paressi): Métraux ibid. 359. |
| A2110 | Creation of particular fishes. |
| A1910 | Creation of passeriformes. |
| A1996 | Creation of peacock. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1947 | Creation of pigeon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2111 | Creation of pike. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 39 No. 56. |
| A2610 | Creation of plants by transformation. |
| A1941 | Creation of plover (known as seven whistlers). (Cf. A1715.1.) —England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| A1858 | Creation of porcupine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2132 | Creation of prawns. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1860 | Creation of primata. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1946 | Creation of quail. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1854 | Creation of rat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2140 | Creation of reptiles. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1912.3 | Creation of robin. Naskapi: Speck JAFL XXVIII 74. |
| A1840 | Creation of rodentia. |
| A1944.1 | Creation of sandpiper: Pharaoh's cook calls drowned army to dinner. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 53 No. 82**. |
| A1944 | Creation of sandpiper. |
| A1821.1 | Creation of sea otter. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XX 139. |
| A1947.1 | Creation of sea pigeon. Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 263, (Labrador): Hawks GSCan XIV 161. |
| A2137 | Creation of sharks: from a savage tribe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1884 | Creation of sheep. Dh I 154f., 164 (Cf. A1751).—India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 115. |
| A2145 | Creation of snake (serpent). Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 19 No. 106; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 54; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 149 No. 62; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buin: Wheeler Mono-Alu 28; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 96; S. Am. Indian (Tembé): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 140; Africa (Congo): Weeks 213. |
| A1927 | Creation of sparrow. Dh I 165 (cf. A1751).—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 130; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1966 | Creation of stork. (cf. A1715.)—Dh II 102; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A719 | Creation of sun—miscellaneous. |
| A1917 | Creation of swallow. Dh III 414ff. (cf. A1710); ibid. I 164 (cf. A1751). —Greek: Grote I 182 (Procne); Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 15 No. 83, 16 No. 85 (cf. A1751); Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 147 No. 50; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 79 (cf. A1710); Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 127; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 37 No. *243. |
| A1889.1 | Creation of tapir. S. Am. Indian (Munderucú): Horton BBAE CXLIII (3) 281. |
| A800 | Creation of the earth. *H. F. Feilberg Skabelses og Syndflodssagn (1915); A. Kühn Berichte über den Weltanfang bei den Indochinesen und ihren Nachbarvölker (1935); Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 280; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham.—N. A. Indian (general): Thompson Tales 272 n. 1, (Ojibwa) Skinner JAFL XXXII 287, (Kaska) Teit JAFL XXX 441ff.—See also all references in this section (A800-839). |
| A700 | Creation of the heavenly bodies. Irish myth: Cross; Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 108; Navaho: ibid. 163; Persian: Carnoy 276; Babylonian: Spence 115. |
| A1951 | Creation of the kingfisher. India: Thompson-Balys, Chinese: Graham. |
| A740 | Creation of the moon. (Cf. A710 to A719, where many of the motifs refer to the moon).—*Rühle Sonne und Mond im primitiven Mythus (Tübingen, 1925); *Roheim Mondmythologie und Mondreligion (Leipzig, 1927); Nielsen Die altarabische Mondreligion (Strassburg, 1904); Harley Moon Lore (London, 1885); Wolf Der Mond im deutschen Volksglauben (Bühl, Baden, 1929).—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Babylonian: Spence 79.—Indonesian: Dixon 177; Australian: ibid. 276ff.; Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 97 No. 18; Hopi: Alexander N. Am. 205; Quileute: Farrand JAFL XXXII 254ff.; Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 205; Inca: Alexander Lat. Am. 240. |
| A701 | Creation of the sky. Babylonian: Spence 79; Hebrew: Genesis, ch. 1; Jewish: Neuman; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 384; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| A769 | Creation of the stars—miscellaneous. |
| A710 | Creation of the sun. *Rühle Sonne und Mond im primitiven Mythus (Tübingen, 1925).—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.—Indonesian: Dixon 177; Australian: ibid. 275; Navaho: Alexander N. Am. 166ff.; Hopi: ibid. 205; Quileute: Farrand JAFL XXXII 254f.; Sinkyone: Kroeber JAFL XXXII 346f.; Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 205.—Inca: Alexander Lat. Am. 240; Africa (Luba): Donohugh Africa V 180. |
| A600 | Creation of the universe. In addition to other references in this section A600—A649, see: *Encyc. Rel. Ethics s.v. "Creation"; *Lang Myth. 163ff.; Henne am-Rhyn Das Jenseits: Kulturgeschichtliche Darstellung über Schöpfung, etc. (1881); Schlieper Die kosmogonischen Mythen der Urvölker (Bonn 1932, diss.); *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 274—284; Feilberg Skabelses og Syndflodssagn (1915).—Norse: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 327ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 275; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 406.—Cherokee: Mooney Am. Urquell II 85ff.; Quiché: Alexander Lat. Am. 160f.; Maya: ibid. 152ff.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 43ff.; Tahiti: Henry 336ff. |
| A1912 | Creation of thrush (nightingale). |
| A1912.1 | Creation of thrush. Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751). |
| A1815 | Creation of tiger. India: *Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Apapocuvu-Guaraní): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138. |
| A1918 | Creation of titmouse. (cf. A1710.)—Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 80. |
| A2147 | Creation of tortoise (turtle). India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 96; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 22, 465; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| A1889 | Creation of ungulata—miscellaneous. |
| A1870 | Creation of ungulata. |
| A610 | Creation of universe by creator. The creator is existing before all things. —Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Oldenberg Religion des Veda 278; Chinese: Werner 76, 90.—Mexican: Alexander Lat. Am. 85; Guiana: ibid. 256ff., —Society Is.: Dixon 11 n. 18, 12 n. 19; Marquesas Is.: ibid. 11 n. 14; Maori: ibid. 11 n. 16, 17, 13 n. 20; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 42; Australian: Goldenweiser Early Civilization 105.—Uganda: ibid. 97. |
| A617.2 | Creation of universe from calabash. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 304f. |
| A617 | Creation of universe from clam-shell on primeval water by creator. —Nauru (Pleasant Island): Dixon 249; Tahiti: Henry 337. |
| A617.1 | Creation of universe from clay pot set afloat on primeval waters. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A645 | Creation of universe: genealogical type. A begets B, who begets C, etc. Finally the universe is brought forth in its present form.—Nias Is. (Indonesia): Dixon 166. |
| A1931 | Creation of vulture. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1881.1 | Creation of white horse. Man takes skin of horse and substitutes a white bedspread. Dh. III 86.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 12 No. 60. |
| A1833 | Creation of wolf. (Cf. A1751.) Dh I 147ff., I 164.—Quileute: Farrand JAFL XXXII 259. |
| 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. |
| A1957 | Creation of woodpecker. |
| A74.1 | Creation on condition that Israel accept Tora. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A612 | Creation: materialization of creator's thinking. Creator "thinks outward in space" and thus produces the universe.—*Dh I 10f., 15, 17ff., 58, 113; Jewish: Neuman.—Zuсi: Cushing RBAE XIII 379ff.; Thompson Tales 280 n. 36. |
| A3 | Creative mother source of everything.—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. |
| A75 | Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth. Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A32.3.2 | Creator beats his wife while intoxicated from beverage he invents. So. Am. Indian (Guarayú): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147. |
| A27 | Creator born from egg. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 98f. |
| A18.4 | Creator clothed in bear-skin (or in leaves). Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A26 | Creator comes from certain direction. |
| A26.1 | Creator comes from east. Africa (Luba): Donahugh V 80. |
| A22 | Creator comes out of chaos. Chinese: Werner 76, Ferguson 57. |
| A837 | Creator creates earth piecemeal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A87 | Creator drunk from beverage he invents. So. Am. Indian (Guarayú): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147. |
| A25.1 | Creator emerges from lake. So. Am. Indian (Chibcha): Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908, (Aymara): Tschopik BBAE CXLIII (2) 570. |
| A1129.1.1 | Creator establishes twelve winds, each a different color. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A21 | Creator from above. |
| A25 | Creator from below. God rises from beneath (the center of the spiritual world) and creates the world.—Hottentot: Bleek 74 No. 35. |
| A1427.0.4 | Creator gives liquor to his servant giant to drink. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1503 | Creator gives men customs and songs before their emergence. S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (3) 315. |
| A78 | Creator goes to make afterworld. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 59. |
| A81 | Creator goes to sky. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 57. |
| A7.1 | Creator has two sons.—Guarayú: Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147. |
| A651.2.0.1 | Creator lives in lowest sky beneath us. S. Am. Indian (Witoto): Métraux MAFLS XL 25. |
| A705.1.1 | Creator makes clouds from own vitals. Tahiti: Henry 339. |
| A1226.1 | Creator makes man out of butter first; it would not stand up and melted. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1275.4 | Creator makes woman and then begets man by her. New Zealand: Dixon 24f.; Society Is.: ibid. 25; Marquesas: ibid. 26. |
| A84 | Creator of animals. |
| A84.1 | Creator of buffaloes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1420.3 | Creator of food items. Mono-Alu-Fauru: Wheeler 66. |
| A930.1 | Creator of rivers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A23 | Creator offspring of dual powers of nature. (Male and female principles.) —Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A1453.6 | Creator paints on clay models of men clothes that they are to wear. S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315. |
| A836 | Creator prepared earth's nucleus as one would a rice cake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1035.2 | Creator puts out world-fire with his staff. S. A. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 316. |
| A74.2 | Creator repents of creating certain things. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A813.3 | Creator rests on tree or stake. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 55. |
| A812.3 | Creator sends crow, after creating her, to scout for earth-nucleus. —India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2412.0.1 | Creator sends two deities to tatoo all creatures: origin of animal markings. Marshall Is.: Davenport 222. |
| A1713 | Creator sent for water: Meantime animals assume present forms. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 59. |
| A736.1.4.3 | Creator separates sun and moon to prevent birth of more stars. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A71 | Creator tries to devour his son, the culture hero. Greek: cf. Roscher II 1540.—Tehuelche (Patagonia): Alexander Lat. Am. 335. |
| A611.0.1 | Creator uses particular formula (letters) to create universe. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A19.2 | Creator with appearance of Negro. Africa (Luba): Danohugh V 180. |
| A18.1 | Creator with dragon's head. Chinese: Werner 77. |
| A18.5 | Creator with hammer and chisel in hands. Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A18.6 | Creator with sun and moon in hands. Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A18.2 | Creator with two horns on head. Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A70 | Creator: miscellaneous motifs. |
| A0 | Creator.—For a general bibliography of creation myths, see Alexander N. Am. 278 n. 15. For bibliographies of North American Indian mythologies arranged by areas, see Thompson Tales 272 n. 1; **Feilberg Skabelses og Syndflodssagn; Jewish: Neuman. —Mexican Indian: (Tarascan) Alexander Lat. Am. 85, (Zapotecan) ibid. 87; Guarayú: Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147; Polynesia: Dixon 21 n. 47; Hawaiian: Beckwith Myth 42; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 28, 66f., 70; Easter Is.: Métraux BMB CLX 313; Marshall Is.: Davenport Folk Tales 221f.; Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti 335ff.; New Hebrides: Codrington II 365.—Armenian: Ananikian 20; African: Werner African 127ff., **Frobenius and Fox, (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 267; Hindu: Penzer I 10; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 338; Icel.: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 326; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1142.1 | Creator's (deity's) voice makes thunder. Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 77. |
| A40 | Creator's advisers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A38.1 | Creator's companions: sun and moon. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A36 | Creator's companions: unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon. Chinese: Werner 76. |
| A30 | Creator's companions. Inca: Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315; Tahiti: Henry 342; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 45. |
| A32.2 | Creator's daughter. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A76 | Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) Chinese: Werner 77. |
| A7 | Creator's descendants. (Cf. A32.) |
| A33.1.1 | Creator's dog. The creator is accompanied by a dog (cf. A63.4.).—*Dh I 98—111 passim, especially 108.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 347.—Kato: Goddard UCal V 183ff. |
| A32 | Creator's family. (Cf. A7.) |
| A857.2 | Creator's giant servant puts a valley where earth's crust is heavy and a mountain where it is light so as to stabilize it.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A857.3 | Creator's giant servant puts trees to hold earth together where it slipped. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A31 | Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation myth.—American Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 13. |
| A32.1 | Creator's son. India: Thompson-Balys.—So. Am. Indian: (Chibcha): Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908. |
| A32.3.1 | Creator's wife seduced by his son. So. Am. Indian (Munderucú): Horton BBAE CXLIII (3) 281. |
| A32.3 | Creator's wife. India: Thompson-Balys.—So. Am. Indian (Munderucú): Horton BBAE CXLIII (3) 281. |
| A77 | Creator's works survive him. Chinese: Werner 77. |
| A2272.1.2 | Cricket hears water hiss on hot iron: learns his song. (Cf. A2426.3.4.)—Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 93 No. 99. |
| A2426.3.4 | Cricket's chirp. (See A2272.1.2.) |
| A2426.2 | Cries of birds. |
| A2426.1 | Cries of mammals. |
| A2426.2.7 | Croaking of raven. Dh III 364, 373, 392.—Finnish: Aarne FFC IX 9 No. 46.—Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 223; Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 261. |
| A2239.7 | Crocodile is punished for trying to attack man he is carrying: has only half tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2412.4.4 | Cross on crab's back. Saintyves Saints Successeurs 245f. |
| A2221.2.4.2 | Crossbill, attempting to draw thorn from the crown of thorns, twists bill in the attempt. England: Baughman. |
| A2751.3.2 | Crosses on certain trees. (See A2721.2.1.) |
| A2431.2.1.1 | Crow hatches cuckoo's egg. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2431.3.6 | Crow's nest. |
| A731.2 | Crown of the sun. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2426.1.1 | Cry of bush-cat. (See A2275.4.)—U.S.: Baughman. |
| A2426.1.2 | Cry of squirrel. Finnish: Aarne FFC IX 3 No. 3.—Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 220. |
| A1993.1 | Cuckoo a transformed baker. *Fb "bager" IV 20b. |
| A2241.4 | Cuckoo borrows food from other birds. (Cf. A2435.4.1.)—Dh III 133. |
| A2231.3.1 | Cuckoo builds nest on Annunciation Day: has no nest. (Cf. A2431.2.1.)—Dh II 6. |
| A2229.5 | Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3137; Legends Nos. 253ff. |
| A2426.2.5 | Cuckoo's song. (See A2275.2.)—Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2423.2.2 | Cuckoo's sweet voice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A531 | Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters. Norse: Boberg; Greek: Grote I 189; Irish myth: Cross, Beal XXI 327; Babylonian: Spence 158; Hindu: Keith 34, 172; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 189; Japanese: Anesaki 303; Persian: Carnoy 287, 293, 300.—American Indian: *Thompson Tales 272 n. 1; *Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 216 (N. Pac. Coast, Chinook, Kathlamet, Shoshone, Maidu, Coos, Alsea, Molala, Kalapuya); and add (Maidu) Dixon PAES IV 59 No. 2, (Joshua) Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 235 No. 18, (Navaho) Alexander N. Am. 165, (Arikara) ibid. 108; Jicarilla Apache: Mooney AA old ser. XI (1898) 204; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XXXX 4, 8, 62, 66f., 73, 77, (Tucuan): Nimuendajá BBAE CXLIII (3) 724, (Huamachuco): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 151, (Apapocuvá-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138. |
| A581 | Culture hero (divinity) returns. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A525.2 | Culture hero (god) slays his grandfather. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A536.1 | Culture hero (saint) defends Ireland against foreign invasions. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A522.1.1.1 | Culture hero acts as watch-dog; named "Hound". Irish myth: Cross. |
| A513.2 | Culture hero arrives (and departs) in boat. Norse: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 262f.; Old English: Beowulf. |
| A521 | Culture hero as dupe or trickster. Celtic: MacCulloch Celtic 30; Irish myth: Cross.—S. Am. Indian (Yunca, Peru): Alexander Lat. Am. 229, (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484; N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 294 n. 78; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 20; New Hebrides: Codrington 152—166; African: Werner African 213. |
| A541.2 | Culture hero as god of agriculture. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A510.1 | Culture hero as god. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A527.3 | Culture hero as magician (drai). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A526.2 | Culture hero as mighty hunter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A527.4 | Culture hero as poet (musician). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A512.3 | Culture hero as son of god. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 94.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 13. |
| A566.2 | Culture hero ascends to heaven guided by blind ancestress. Maori: Beckwith Myth 249. |
| A571 | Culture hero asleep in mountain. Köhler-Bolte I 411.—Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 194 (Arthur); Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 316; Eng., Scot.: Baughman. |
| A527.3.1.1 | Culture hero assumes ugly and deformed guise. S. Am. Indian (Tupinamba): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 168. |
| A531.1.1 | Culture hero banishes demons. Irish myth: Cross.—Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 370. |
| A531.2 | Culture hero banishes snakes. *Krappe "St. Patrick and the Snakes" Traditio V (1947) 323—330; Irish: Cross, Giraldus Cambrensis Topography of Ireland I 23, Bede Historia Ecclesiastica I 18 (St. Patrick); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 9, 303 No. 22. |
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