producing the scheme which Frobenius has constructed from numberless myths of this sort:
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To devour
West East
W-E movement—(sea journey)
{Heat-hair {To slip out {To open {To land
Sea journey
To set on fire or To cut off the heart
Frobenius gives the following legend to illustrate this:
"A hero is devoured by a water monster in the West (to
devour). The animal carries him within him to the East (sea
journey). Meanwhile, he kindles a fire in the belly of the
monster (to set on fire) and since he feels hungry he cuts off a piece
of the hanging heart (to cut off the heart). Soon after he notices
that the fish glides upon the dry land (to land); he immediately
begins to cut open the animal from within outwards (to open)
then he slides out (to slip out). In the fish's belly, it had been
so hot, that all his hair had fallen out (heat-hair). The hero
frequently frees all who were previously devoured (to devour all)
and all now slide out (slip out)."
A very close parallel is Noah's journey during the
flood, in which all living creatures die; only he and the life
guarded by him are brought to a new birth. In a Melapolynesian
legend (Frobenius) it is told that the hero in
the belly of the King Fish took his weapon and cut open
the fish's belly. "He slid out and saw a splendor, and
he sat down and reflected. 'I wonder where I am,' he
said. Then the sun rose with a bound and turned from
