Men hide from world-fire and renew race. (Cf. A1006.1., A1045.) — Mythoi

Motif

Men hide from world-fire and renew race. (Cf. A1006.1., A1045.)

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · World-fire. · view the constellation · filed as A1038

Filed across the traditions

Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 311 No. 47
India Thompson-Balys. – S. Am. Indian (Toba, Arawak, Mura, Yuracare, Tupinamba): Métraux MAFLS XL 34–36, (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158
African (Fang) Trilles 133f.

Within the index

Filed under 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.

Filed beside it

Causes of world-fire Quenching the world-fire Earth recreated after world-fire World-fire – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Preservation of life during world calamity. (Cf. A1020, A1038, A1045.) New race from single pair (or several) after world calamity. (Cf. A1038, A1045.) One pair escapes continuous winter and renews race. (Cf. A1006.1, A1038.)

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