World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world.
Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · World-fire. · view the constellation · filed as A1030
Attested across traditions
- North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 8 receipt
- North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 9 receipt
- North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 75 receipt