Rain from tears

Motif

Rain from tears.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: weather phenomena. · view the constellation · filed as A1131.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXI XXI. Tabooed Things
Greek The Iliad , Book 16
Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 23 CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN
Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 14
Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit) The Hymns of the Rigveda , 1.39

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman
Ekoi Talbot 344
Kaska Teit JAFL XXX 448
Maori Clark 19.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of rain.

1 finer motif beneath it

Rain from urine

Filed beside it

Regulation of rains Why it rains most in the hills Rainy weather sent by saint as punishment Rain from sea in upper world Rain from container in sky Rain from rain-god (rain spirit) Rain shed by stars

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