Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood — Mythoi

Motif

Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood.

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

Filed across the traditions

S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684
Tuamotu Beckwith Myth 267.

Within the index

Filed under Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section.

7 finer motifs beneath it

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 Flood from broken calabashes of water 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

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 Flood caused by gods or other superior beings. (Cf. A1018.) Flood caused to satisfy emotional need Flood as punishment Deluge – miscellaneous

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