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Group No. 25


Letter

A. Mythological Motifs

Group No.

A2100 – A2199

Group name

Creation of fish and other animals

Description

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.
 
A2135.2. Creation of leviathan. Jewish: Neuman.
B61. Leviathan.
 
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 (Tembe): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 140; Africa (Congo): Weeks 213.
 
A2148. Creation of lizard. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
A2148.2. Origin of salamander. Jewish: Neuman.
 
A2161. Origin of toad. *Fb "lærke" II 499b (Cf. A1755). – Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 124ff., 128f.; Jewish: Neuman.
 
A2162. Origin of frog. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 55 No. 11; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 55 (Cf. A1710). – Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 127fl, 202; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Naskapi: Speck JAFL XXVIII 74.
 
A2182.5. Origin of multipede. Jewish: Neuman.

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