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Motif

Escape from deluge on mountain.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · Escape from deluge. · view the constellation · filed as A1022

Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Grote I 93
  • Hebrew Genesis 8:4, Neuman
  • Hindu Keith 99
  • India Thompson-Balys. Philippine: Dixon 179
  • Borneo ibid. 180
  • Australian ibid. 280
  • Polynesian ibid 38 n. 118
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 215. – N. Am. Indian (Bella-Bella): Boas MAFLS XXV 1f., (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 232ff., (Luiseño): Du Bois UCal VIII 157, (Shasta): Dixon JAFL XXIII 36, (Blackfoot): Wissler paAM II 19, (Chiricahua Apache): Opler MAFLS XXXVII 1f., (Zuñi): Benedict CU XXI 10ff.
  • S. Am. Indian (Araucanian) Alexander Lat. Am. 330, (Inca): ibid. 230, (Yunca, Peru): ibid. 230, (Caingang, Amazon): ibid. 312. (Only a selection of references for North and South America.)
  • general West Caroline Is.: ibid. 257
  • general Cook Group: ibid. 39 n. 121
Within the index

Filed under Escape from deluge.

Filed beside it
Deluge: escape in boat (ark) Escape from deluge on tree Escape from deluge in cave Escape from deluge on island Escape from deluge on foot Rescue from deluge by fish Bringing deluge to end Escape from deluge – miscellaneous

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