Back to motif List page

Back to Thompson motifs main page

Back to Masa Site

Back to Hebrew Masa site

 

Search the database


Next group

Prevuius group

Group No. 17


Letter

A. Mythological Motifs

Group No.

A1300 – A1399

Group name

Ordering of human life

Description

A1301. Men at first as large as giants. Dh I 242ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: *Grote I 5; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1313.1. Origin of male sex-organs. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 6 No. 21, XXXIII 52 No. 21; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. – Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 141 No. 14; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3040, Balys Legends Nos. 50 – 57; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 83f. Nos. 28 – 30; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 84 No. 21. – Plains Ojibwa: Skinner JAFL XXXII 283; Plains Cree: Skinner JAFL XXIX 351.
 
A1316.0.1. Man at first with two faces, separated at birth of first woman. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1316.3.1. Distribution of eyes. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1319.1. Origin of Adamв's apple. Forbidden fruit sticks in Adam's throat. – *Dh I 208ff.; *Fb "Adams' ble" IV 4. – Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 5 No. 16, XXXIII 52 No. 16; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 35 No. 10; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 34; U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1319.6. Origin of blood. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
A1319.8. Origin of sweat. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
A1319.14. Origin of man's skin. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1323. Long span of life for first man. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 108.
 
A1331. Paradise lost. Original happy state forfeited because of one sin. – *H. Schmidt Die Erzählungen von Paradies und Sündenfall (Tübingen 1931); J. Feidmann Paradies und Sündenfall (1913); *Frazer Old Testament I 45 – 76; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 296, 309; Burmese: Scott Indo-Chin. 265, 269f.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 43ff., 61.
 
A1333. Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages. – *Frazer Old Testament I 384ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross. – India: Thompson-Balys; Chin (Indo-China): Scott 266f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 365. – N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 285 n. 53; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 132.
 
A1335. Origin of death. S. S. Cohon The Origin of Death (Journal of Jewish Lore and Philosophy [1919]); Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 377; Japanese: Anesaki 224, 233; Burmese: Scott IndoChinese 264. – Africa (Angola): Wagener Afrikanische Parallelen 9ff., Chatelain 249, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 60, (Congo): Weeks 217 No. 12, (Ekoi): Talbot 177, (Liberian): Bundy JAFL XXXII 407f., (Fang): Trilles 131. – Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 178; Maori: Dixon 54; Australian: ibid. 285; Melanesian: ibid. 117f. *n. 53; Micronesian: ibid. 252f.; Indonesian: ibid. 170 (Borneo), 174, *182; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 43; Raratonga: ibid. 158; Banks Is.: ibid. 61. – N. A. Indian: R. Dangel Mythen vom Ursprung dies Todes bei den Indianern Nordamerikas (Mitt. der Anthrop. Gesellschaft in Wien LVIII [1928] 341 – 374); *Krappe Nieuw Theologisch Tijdschrift (1928) 242ff.; *Thompson Tales 284 n. 51; Chitimacha: Swanton JAFL XXX 476; Sinkyone: Kroeber JAFL XXXII 346; Tahltan: Teit *JAFL XXXII 206f.; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 64; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XX 486, (Cape York): Rasmussen III 48, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 173; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 171, (Cubeo): Goldman BBAE CXLIII (3) 798, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. (3) 503, (Warrau): Kirchoff ibid. (3) 880.
 
A1335.7. First son who died before his father after the Flood. Irish myth Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1336. Origin of murder. Hebrew: Genesis 4:8ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Grote I 7. – Congo: Weeks 207 No. 4; Ila of Rhodesia: Smith and Dale 350 No. 5.
 
A1339.1. Origin of blindness. Jewish: Neuman; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 145.
 
A1343. Origin of lying. Greek: Grote I 7; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 113, 911; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1344. Origin of tears and sighs. Wienert FFC LVI 37; Halm Aesop Nos. 138, 355; Greek: Grote I 7, 72; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
A1345. Origin of hunger. Greek: Grote I 7; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 421f.; Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 216, 221.
 
A1346. Man to earn bread by sweat of his brow. (Cf. A1331.1.) – Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 158; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
A1346.2. Man must labor for a living: at first everything too easy. Full crops produce themselves, trees drop sugar etc. – Greek: Grote I 61; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 462; S. Am. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 59f.
 
A1351. Origin of childbirth. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. – Maori: Dixon 78; Polynesian, Melanesian, Micronesian: ibid. 79 n. 79 – 82; Maori, Hawaii, Cook Is., Fijis: Beckwith Myth 502 – 504; Hawaii: ibid. 284, Marquesas: Handy 58, 122, 128; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 59a, (Tahltan): *Teit JAFL XXXII 207 n. 2.
 
A1351.1. Origin of childbirth pains. Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Togo): Einstein 8f.
 
A1351.2. Origin of abortions. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1355. Origin of menstruation. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 6 No. 25, XXXIII 53 No. 25; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
A1355.1. Origin of menstruation – Eve and the serpent. It is a punishment because Eve had intercourse with the serpent. – Dh I 211; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1355.1.1. Origin of menstruation: punishment because Eve ate forbidden fruit. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1355.2. Origin of menstruation – Virgin Maryв's garment. She hides her garment and a maiden finds it. – Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 6 No. 24; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1371. Why women are bad. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1383.1. Shame for nakedness appears to first woman. (Leaves for clothes). – Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Baluba): Einstein 19.
 
A1384.1. Origin of evil inclinations: punishment for fall of man. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1384.2. Evil inclination enters body at time of conception. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1386. Origin of drunkenness. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A1388. Origin of hatred. Jewish: Neuman

Next group

Previous group