Motif
Origin of cultivation
origin_of_cultivation
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
guiana amerindian
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Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the Interior of British Guiana CHAPTER XII. / AGRICULTURE. / CHAPTER XIII. / THE PREPARATION OF FOOD.; lines 325-444 confidence: medium
“Mythological Legends—The Arrival of Indians upon Earth—The Origin of Cultivation—Animals and their Doings—Fanciful Explanations of the Facts of Nature—Fabled Animals—An Indian Jonah—Historical Legends”
The folklore contents explicitly list “The Origin of Cultivation.”
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