Ireland repopulated by persons who escape flood — Mythoi

Motif

Ireland repopulated by persons who escape flood.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · World catastrophe. · view the constellation · filed as A1006.5

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Renewal of world after world calamity.

Filed beside it

New race from single pair (or several) after world calamity. (Cf. A1038, A1045.) New race from incest after world calamity New race made of red earth after world calamity New race from union of girl and rat Ireland, waste for centuries after flood, is repopulated by immigrants Whole tribe descended from lone woman-survivor of doomed city One bear-child escapes death, is ancestor of all bears After world-fire life recreated from tree

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Preservation of life of certain persons in Ireland during Flood. (Cf. A1006.5.)

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