Renewal of world after world calamity — Mythoi

Motif

Renewal of world after world calamity.

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

Filed across the traditions

Icel. De la Saussaye 352, Boberg
Jewish *Neuman. S. Am. Indian (Bakairi): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 347, (Namicuara): Lévi-Strauss ibid. 369.

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.

9 finer motifs beneath 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 repopulated by persons who escape flood 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

Filed beside it

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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

New race from seeds thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1245.1., A1006.)

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