Continuous winter destroys the race. Spoken of as "Fimbulwinter". It ushers in the end of the world.
Mythological motifs. · World calamities and renewals. · Continuous winter destroys the race. · view the constellation · filed as A1040
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.
- Persian Carnoy 309. – S. Am. Indian (Toba, Pilagá, Tierra del Fuego): Métraux MAFLS XL 30, 37, (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CLXIII (1) 367.
- general *Olrik Ragnarök 479
Within the index
2 finer motifs beneath it
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