Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section

Motif

Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · Deluge. · view the constellation · filed as A1010

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Attested across traditions

MesopotamianThe Epic of Gilgamish, Tablet XI receipt
“Six days, al se’nnight the hurricane, deluge, (and) tempest continued Sweeping the land: when the seventh day came, were quelléd the warfare, Tempest (and) deluge which like to an army embattail’d were fighting. Lull’d was the sea, (all) spent was the gale, assuaged was the deluge, ” uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 8 receipt
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 9 receipt

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VIIThompson cites: Fox 19, *Frazer Apollodorus I 55 n. 1, II 88 n. 2

Scholars’ trail — 34references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

GreekFox 19, *Frazer Apollodorus I 55 n. 1, II 88 n. 2 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VII
EgyptianMüller 75f.
PersianCarnoy 270
HinduKeith 105, Charpentier Kleine Beiträge 34 n. 1
IndiaThompson-Balys
Indo-ChineseScott 267, 278ff.
ChineseGraham
KoreanZong in-Sob 16 No. 8
SiberianHolmberg Siberian 361ff. – Indonesian: Dixon 178ff., 256f.
Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 189
MelanesianCole 119f.
Polynesianibid. 38
Australianibid 280
HawaiiBeckwith Myth 307, 314. – N. Am. Indian (general): *Thompson Tales 286 n. 57, Alexander N. Am. 299 f. n. 49, also 177, 180, 203, 205 (Pima, Walapai, Sia, Hopi)
SinkyoneKroeber JAFL XXXII 347
Calif. IndianGayton and Newman 55
Eskimo (Central)Boas RBAE VI 637, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 452, (Cape York): Rasmussen III 48, (Northwest Canada): Pétitot Traditions 2
MayaAlexander Lat. Am. 152f.
general **Anderson Nordasiatische Flutsagen
general **Andree Die Flutsagen (Braunschweig, 1891)
general **Diestel Die Sintflut und die Flutsagen des Altertums 2d ed. (Berlin 1876)
general *Woods Encyc. Religion and Ethics s.v. "Deluge"
general **Winternitz Die Flutsagen des Altertums (Wien 1901)
general **Fischer Weltwenden: Die grossen Fluten in Sage und Wirklichkeit (Leipzig 1925)
general **Gerland Der Mythus von der Sintflut (Bonn 1912)
general **Usener Die Sintflutsagen untersucht (Bonn 1899)
general Ley Eiszeit (Anhang: Eiszeit u. Sintflut) (Erfurt 1928)
general *Riem Die Sintflut in Sage und Wissenschaft (Hamburg 1925)
general *F. von Schwarz Sintflut und Völkerwanderung (Stuttgart 1894)
general **Feilberg Skabelses og Syndflodssagn (1915)

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Within the index

10 finer motifs beneath it

Sun and moon do not shine during deluge Great flood lasts eight months Local deluges Flood from fluids of the body Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster Flood caused by gods or other superior beings. (Cf. A1018.)Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood Flood caused to satisfy emotional need Flood as punishment Deluge – miscellaneous

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Magic stone keeps flood from overflowing earth. (Cf. A1010, D931, D1389.1.)Giant drowned in Deluge. (Cf. A1010.)Demons: soul of the giants who perished in the flood. (Cf. A1010.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Hierarchy of worlds. A series of worlds, one above the other World-tree. Tree extending from lowest to highest world. (Cf. A878.)World-columns. Four (two, etc.) columns or supports sustain the earth Atlas. A man supports the earth on his shoulders Flood from fluids of the body Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world Creation of man Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages Origin of death Distribution of tribes Birds cling to sky in flood: cause of tail colors. (Cf. A2412.2.)

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