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A11. Invisible creator. — Jewish: Neuman. — Ackawoi: Alexander Lat. Am. 269.

A11.1. Invisibility of creator learned from the impossibility of staring at the sun, his servant. — Jewish: Neuman.

A12. Hermaphroditic creator. The creator is half man and half woman or is thought of as both male and female. — *Lang Myth I 200f., 299; Güntert 324. — Greek: Eisler 396; Egyptian: Maspéro Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'Orient classique 141; Indian (Hindu): Keith 75. — Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 88.

A111.3.0.1. God of double sex. F547.2.1. Hermaphroditic pygmies.

A12.1. Male and female creators. Japanese: Anesaki 222; Hawaii: Henry Ancient Tahiti 345.

A13. Animal as creator.

A13.1. Beast as creator.

A13.1.1. Cow as creator. *Schröder Altgermanische Kulturprobleme 132; *Güntert Weltkönig 365ff. — Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 63, 324.

A1245.4. Mankind from salty stone licked by cow. B19.2. Nectar yielding cow.

A13.2. Bird as creator. Hawaii: Henry Ancient Tahiti 345.

A13.2.1. Raven as creator. Eskimo: Nelson RBAE XVIII 454; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 218.

A13.2.2. Eagle as creator of man. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 94.

A13.2.3. Black-winged bird as creator. Greek: Fox 4.

A13.3. Insect as creator.

A13.3.1. Spider as creator. India: Thompson-Balys.

A13.3.2. Beetle as creator. So. Am. Indian (Lengua): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367.

A13.4. Reptile as creator.

A13.4.1. Snake as creator. Mono-Alu, Fauru, Buin: Wheeler 67.

A13.4.2. Worm as creator.

Guarayú: Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 437.

A15. Human creator.

A15.1. Female creator. Chibcha: Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908.

A15.1.1. Old woman as creator. Lepers Is.: Codrington II 372f.

A15.2. Brothers as creators. So. Am. Indian (Guaporé River): Levi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379.

A15.3. Old man as creator.

A15.3.1. Old man with staff as creator (cf. A1.2). Inca: Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 316.

A15.4. Artisan as creator.

A15.4.1. Potter as creator. India: Thompson-Balys.

A17. Angel as creator. Jewish: Neuman.