The Old Woman and the Theft of Fire. Types and Distribution of the Variants of the Myth
Keywords:
fire, theft, myth, old woman, caneAbstract
This work examines a series of short narratives dealing with how fire was obtained with the help of an old woman. To this end, some versions documented in the Mediterranean, Oceania and America are studied, and, furthermore, the most significant variants of the myth are described.
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