The constellation
A1013 Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster
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- Vomiting of a whale causes flood · A1013.1 entry
keeps company
- World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world · A1030 entry
- Creation of man · A1200 entry
- Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages · A1333 entry
- Origin of death · A1335 entry
- Distribution of tribes · A1620 entry
- Birds cling to sky in flood: cause of tail colors. (Cf. A2412.2.) · A2211.7 entry
- Hierarchy of worlds. A series of worlds, one above the other · A651 entry
- World-tree. Tree extending from lowest to highest world. (Cf. A878.) · A652 entry
- World-columns. Four (two, etc.) columns or supports sustain the earth · A841 entry
- Atlas. A man supports the earth on his shoulders · A842 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 8
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 9