Lightning from fire

Motif

Lightning from fire.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: weather phenomena. · view the constellation · filed as A1141.7

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXII LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe
Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , 30 HIIAKA'S BATTLE WITH DEMONS
Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , 33 HIIAKA AND THE SEACOAST KUPUAS
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section XXV
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCXL

Cited in the index

general S. Am. Indian (Chorotí, Lengua, Ashluslay): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366, (Tupinamba): Métraux ibid. (3) 132.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of lightning.

1 finer motif beneath it

Lightning as torches of invisible dancers

Filed beside it

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