Motif-Index of Folk-Literature/Volume 1/A/1500

by Stith Thompson

A1500—A1599. Origin of customs.

A1500. Origin of customs — general. Irish: Beal XXI 324—326; Jewish: Neuman.

A545. Culture hero establishes customs. P600. Customs.

A1501. Tribal customs established by diviner. (Man who sees future.) — India: *Thompson-Balys.

D1712. Soothsayer.

A1502. All customs for the year established. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1503. Creator gives men customs and songs before their emergence. S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (3) 315.

A1234. Mankind emerges from ground.

A1510. Origin of eating customs. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1422. Assignment of edible animals. A1539.1. Origin of seating arrangements in royal hall.

A1511. Origin of time for meals. Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 141 No. 17; Jewish: Neuman.

A1511.1. Mealtimes from confused message from God. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 120 No. 77.

A1512. Origin of custom of not eating in the dark: devil eats from plates. India: *Thompson-Balys.

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A1599.11.1. Origin of war. Africa (Togo): Einstein 8.

A1599.12. Origin of covenanted friendships. India: Thompson-Balys.

P311. Sworn brethren.

A1599.13. Why certain caste is kind to animals. India: *Thompson-Balys.

A1599.14. Why a lamp must be lighted in a house at least every fortnight. — India: Thompson-Balys.

A1599.15. Origin of begging. India: Thompson-Balys.

A1599.16. Origin of allusive expression for the story of gods' incest and trickery. Marquesas: Handy 123.