Cause of earthquakes — Mythoi

Motif

Cause of earthquakes.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Establishment of present order: weather phenomena. · view the constellation · filed as A1145

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Maya The Annals of the Cakchiquels , Paragraphs 3
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 28
Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , America: a Prophecy
Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , Tiriel
Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Hell 12

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Establishment of present order: weather phenomena.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Earthquakes from movements of subterranean monster. (Cf. A844) Earthquakes from movements of sea-monster

Filed beside it

Angels set over clouds, winds, and rains Origin of storms in sixth heaven Origin of rain 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 Origin of stormy sky Origin of tornado sunsets; i.e., peculiar sunsets foreboding tornadoes

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