μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creator's (deity's) voice makes thunder.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: weather phenomena. · view the constellation · filed as A1142.1

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Filed under Origin of thunder.

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Origin of thunderbolt Thunder from flying dragon Persons escape to sky and become thunder Origin of thunder clouds: from wings of mountains Thunder is sound of God's gun Cause of thunder: sounds of the horses' hoofs as gods play ball Thunder from deity separating the winds which try to unite Thunder is noise of waterskin which rain-god drags along sky floor Thunder made by giants in sky
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Creator with dragon's head Creator with two horns on head Dwarfish creator Creator clothed in bear-skin (or in leaves) Creator with hammer and chisel in hands Creator with sun and moon in hands Creator comes out of chaos Creator offspring of dual powers of nature. (Male and female principles.) Creator's companions: unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) Creator's works survive him

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