Series of world catastrophes — Mythoi

Motif

Series of world catastrophes.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · World catastrophe. · view the constellation · filed as A1001

Filed across the traditions

Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3012, Legends No. 15. Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 95.
general **Olrik Ragnarök

Within the index

Filed under World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth.

Filed beside it

Doomsday. Catastrophes precede the Day of Judgment Calamity as punishment for sin Preservation of life during world calamity. (Cf. A1020, A1038, A1045.) Renewal of world after world calamity World calamity will begin in Palestine World catastrophes – miscellaneous

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