World-fire – miscellaneous — Mythoi

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World-fire – miscellaneous.

Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · World-fire. · view the constellation · filed as A1039

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IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 6, Section XXVII
Literary CrystallizationMasnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged), Book 2, Story 10
Literary CrystallizationMasnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged), Book 4, Story 1
North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, ( Josmogonic Myths — Myth 22. THE FIRST FIRE

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.

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Vulture sent out as scout to see whether earth has cooled from world-fire. (Cf. A1021.2.)

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Causes of world-fire Quenching the world-fire Earth recreated after world-fire Men hide from world-fire and renew race. (Cf. A1006.1., A1045.)