Motif-Index of Folk-Literature/Volume 1/A/1300

by Stith Thompson

A1300—A1399. Ordering of human life.

A1300. Ordering of human life. India: Thompson-Balys.

A530. Culture hero establishes law and order. A541. Culture hero teaches arts and crafts. M0. Judgments and decrees.

A1301. Men at first as large as giants. Dh I 242ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: *Grote I 5; Jewish: Neuman.

A523. Giant as culture hero. F232.6. Fairies as giants. F531. Giant.

A1310. Arrangement of man's bodily attributes.

A1310.1. Change in bodily form at fall of man. Adam's body was formerly horn-like. (Cf. A1281.1.) — Dh I 225. — Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3035, Balys Legends Nos. 34, 45—49.

A1310.2. Assembling the body. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1310.3. Why men are clothed in skin. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1310.4. Why women have marks on the belly. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1311. Origin of hands and feet. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1311.1. The lizard hand. Man's hand is modeled on that of the lizard. — N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 288 n. 59; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 56.

A2375.2.6. Why mole has hand like man.

A1311.2. Why God changed right hand into left. Man loses hand with which he gives devil a box on ears. — Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 6 No. 19.

A1311.3. Origin of fingernails. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1312. Origin of human skeleton.

A1312.1. Origin of knee-caps. A stone that magically joins self to woman's body. — Ekoi: Talbot 394.

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A1382. Origin of fear.

A1382.1. Why man is fearful in the jungle. Africa: Stanley 78.

A1383. Origin of shame for nakedness.

C312.1. Tabu: man looking at nude woman.

A1383.1. Shame for nakedness appears to first woman. (Leaves for clothes). — Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Baluba): Einstein 19.

A1282. First people go naked.

A1384. Origin of evil inclinations.

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.

A1388.1. Hate released among mankind. Greek: Fox 78.

A1390. Ordaining of human life—miscellaneous.

A1391. Why other members must serve belly. Result of a debate between members of the body. — India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 393.

J461.1. The belly and the members. Debate.

A1391.1. Why all limbs are dependent on body. Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 234.

A1392. First walk by Adam. Irish myth: Cross.

A1394. Men live by the breath of the gods. (Cf. A1241.3.) — India: Thompson-Balys.

A1399. Ordaining of human life — additional motifs.

A1399.1. Origin of laughter. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1399.2. Origin of dreams. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1399.2.1. Origin of sleep. India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Tucuna): Nimuendajú BBAE CXLIII (3) 724.

A1399.3. Origin of spitting. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1399.4. Origin of coughing. India: Thompson-Balys.