μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Flood caused by gods or other superior beings. (Cf. A1018.)

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · Deluge. · view the constellation · filed as A1015

Filed across the traditions
  • Babylonian Jensen Gilgamesch Epos XI 53ff., 69ff.
  • Marquesas Handy 109f.
  • S. Am. Indian (Tupinamba) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 133, (Yuracare): ibid. 503.
Within the index

Filed under Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Flood from conflict of gods. Sea god and rain god Spirit causes deluge Flood caused by deity stamping on floor of heavens
Filed beside 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 Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood Flood caused to satisfy emotional need Flood as punishment Deluge – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Flood as punishment
Carried in tale types

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