• 1 · Religion and Magic
• 2 · Nature
• 3 · Human Being, Man in General
• 4 · Society, Civilization, Culture
• 5 · Abstract Ideas and Concepts
• 6 · History
• 7 · Bible
• 8 · Literature
• 9 · Classical Mythology and Ancient History

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• 9 · Classical Mythology and Ancient History
• 91 · myths about creation: cosmogony, theogony, and the origin of man

91E · origin of man

• 91E1 · creation of man by some creative force
• 91E2 · the four world epochs (golden, silver, bronze, iron age); 'Età dell'oro, argento, bronzo, et ferro' (Ripa)
• 91E3 · primitive stages of mankind; men rise from their brutish condition to civilization
• 91E4 · (story of) Prometheus
• 91E5 · Epimetheus
• 91E6 · (story of) Pandora
• 91E7 · Deucalion's flood; Jupiter sends a great flood to destroy mankind; Deucalion and Pyrrha afloat