Motif
four sibling progenitors
four_sibling_progenitors
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family, within the sub-family Ancestral Sibling Progenitors. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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: medium
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 states that New World creation myths usually feature four brothers as progenitors of the human race.
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