Motif
cave house or grotto as origin station of tribes
cave_house_or_grotto_as_origin_station_of_tribes
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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maya quiche
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The Popol Vuh THE VUKUB-CAKIX MYTH / BOOK II. COMMENTED UPON / THE HARRYING OF XIBALBA / BOOK III. COMMENTED UPON; lines 1074-1156 confidence: high
The commentator says New World creation myths usually have four brothers as human progenitors and that humans are earth-born, emerging from caverns or subterranean places fully grown and armed.
The passage refers to cavern emergence, the Seven Caverns, the Grotto of Quinevayan, and the cave house of Talli as origin or staging places.
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