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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
A1285.1. First man made chief over whole world. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 44.
A1285.1.1. In response to Adam's prayer, God sends him to earth to be father of mankind. India: Thompson-Balys.
A1290. Creation of man—other motifs.
A1291. Man created by supernatural creature, not deity.
A1291.1. Man created by angels. Jewish: Neuman.
A1293. Devil in God's absence puts sickness in Adam's body. Dh I 98ff.
A63. Devil as marplot at creation.
A1295. Creation in covered vessel. Men (or animals) created in a basket or from a bundle, or from under a blanket. — N. A. Ind.: Kroeber JAFL XXI 223; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684.
A1296. Multiplication of man by fragmentation. S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 406.
A1297. First human being killed by jealous brothers (reptiles and insects). India: Thompson-Balys.
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.
