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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.
A1212. Man created in creator's image. Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 43.
A1217. Devil's unsuccessful attempt to vivify his creations as God has done. Succeeds only in making animal. – Dh I 90ff., 156ff.; *Fb (menneskeв) 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.
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.
A1227. Different types of men produced from one original type. Jewish: Neuman.
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, (MunderucСЉ): Horton ibid. (3) 281, (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux ibid. (3) 550, (Chamacoco): Métraux MAFLS XL 25; N. Am. Indian (Zuñi): *Benedict 337.
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 IndianermРґrchen 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.
A1241.3. 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.
A1241.5. Man made of earth brought from four different places. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A1260.1.1. Man made of four elements. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A1260.1.4. Seven substances employed in composition of human body. Jewish: Neuman.
A1261. Man made from water. Greek: Fox 10; Jewish: Neuman.
A1263.1. Man created from blood. Jewish: Neuman.
A1263.7. Man created from animal bone. Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 51.
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.
A1275.2. First man split in two to form mate. (Cf. A1225.1.) – Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Carnoy 316.
A1281.1. First man covered with horny substance. (Cf. A1310.1.) – *Dh I 225; Jewish: Neuman. – Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 34; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 376.
A1281.4. Men originally self-luminous. Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 385.
A1281.5. First man created circumcised. Jewish: Neuman.
A1281.6. Adam at first nameless. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A1291.1. Man created by angels. Jewish: Neuman.
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