Flood from broken calabashes of water

Motif

Flood from broken calabashes of water.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · Deluge. · view the constellation · filed as A1016.4

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

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general American Indian (Puerto Rico): Fewkes RBAE XXV 73f., (Carajá): Baldus Ensaios de Etnologia Brasileira 174, Lowie Encyc. Rel. Ethics s.v. "flood".

Within the index

Filed under Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood.

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Flood from animals' boring into ground (turtles, crawfishes, etc.) Deluge produced by hot liquid which burns as it floods Flood caused by melting of ice after great spell of cold Making mountains out of flat earth causes flood Moon falls into sea and causes flood by overflowing Flood whenever shard at earth's core moves

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