Flood caused to satisfy emotional need — Mythoi

Motif

Flood caused to satisfy emotional need.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · Deluge. · view the constellation · filed as A1017

Within the index

Filed under Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Desire of man for sun causes flood Flood caused by prayer Flood caused by curse

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.) Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood Flood as punishment Deluge – miscellaneous

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