Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

earth-born cave emergence of fully formed humans

earth_born_cave_emergence_of_fully_formed_humans

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


maya quiche

  • 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 says humans are earth-born, emerge from caverns or subterranean places, and appear fully grown and armed.

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