Calamity as punishment for sin — Mythoi

Motif

Calamity as punishment for sin.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · World catastrophe. · view the constellation · filed as A1003

Filed across the traditions

Jewish *Neuman
India Thompson-Balys
Maori Beckwith Myth 317
S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano) Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158.

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

Series of world catastrophes Doomsday. Catastrophes precede the Day of Judgment 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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