Persons escape to sky and become thunder

Motif

Persons escape to sky and become thunder.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: weather phenomena. · view the constellation · filed as A1142.3

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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.

Calif. IndianGayton and Newman 96
S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 177.

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Origin of thunderbolt Creator's (deity's) voice makes thunder Thunder from flying dragon 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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