Miscellaneous reasons for world-fire

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Miscellaneous reasons for world-fire.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · World-fire. · view the constellation · filed as A1031.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , APPENDIX, ch. 34
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 17: A Subtle Allegory Concerning the Secrets of Alchemy (Michael Maier)

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general S. Am. Indian (Witoto, Apapocuva-Guarani): Métraux MAFLS XL 36, (Toba): ibid. 19, (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 316.

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Filed under Causes of world-fire.

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A "flame of fire swifter than a blast of wind" as punishment for the sin of the Irish World-fire after theft of fire Evil demons set world on fire Fall of sun causes world-fire World-fire because of man's arrogance

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