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

Motif

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

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

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

BabylonianJensen Gilgamesch Epos XI 53ff., 69ff.
MarquesasHandy 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

Flood as punishment

Carried in tale types

The Devil in Noah's Ark [K485] · ATU 8256 recorded variants

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