Origin of rain

Motif

Origin of rain.

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

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys
BushmanBleek and Lloyd 113.

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Filed under Establishment of present order: weather phenomena.

8 finer motifs beneath it

Regulation of rains Why it rains most in the hills Rain from tears 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

Filed beside it

Angels set over clouds, winds, and rains Origin of storms in sixth heaven Origin of dew Origin of clouds Origin of mist (fog)Origin of wintry weather Causes of hot weather: God bores hole in hell Origin of lightning Origin of thunder Cause of earthquakes Origin of stormy sky Origin of tornado sunsets; i.e., peculiar sunsets foreboding tornadoes

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