Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson A600 — Creation of the universe

A600
Thompson motif reference
A
Mythological Motifs
0
Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

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.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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