A633 constellation

The constellation

A633 Earlier universe opposite of present. Everything in the earlier world was the reverse of the present world. Cf. A855

A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander

● motif ● tale type ● on the shelf ● attested

The same sky, in words

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Series of creations. The present universe is the last of a succession of creations · A630 entry

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Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition · A855 entry

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Pre-existing world of gods above. Such a world is assumed before the real creation of the universe. Though this belief is not explicitly set forth in many mythologies, it seems to be implied in most of the North American Indian systems. See, for example, motif A31, Creator's grandmother · A631 entry
Succession of creations and cataclysms. From the ruins of each earlier creation a new one is raised · A632 entry
New creation shouted away. It is unstable and therefore unsatisfactory · A636 entry