Motif
Mythic origin of medicine
mythic_origin_of_medicine
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
zoroastrian
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The Zend-Avesta, Part I: The Vendidad XXXVI VENDIDAD. / INTRODUCTION, III. XXXVU / INTRODUCTION, III. XXXI X / CHAPTER V.; lines 3876-4017 confidence: medium
Three mythical chapters about the origin of medicine are said to have been placed at the end of the book for lack of a better place.
The passage says that three mythical chapters about the origin of medicine were placed at the end of the Vendidad.
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