Origin of tides

Motif

Origin of tides.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Water features. · Origin of water features – general. · view the constellation · filed as A913

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“As a last resort, they sent a messenger to him to ask him to give the people water; but he refused, and gave the messenger only a drink from the water in which he washed. But this was not enough to satisfy even the thirst of one. Then the people began complaining, some saying, “T’m as dry as a fish,” “I’m as dry as a frog,” “I’m as dry as a turtle,” “I’m as dry as a beaver,’ and the like, as they were on the verge of dying of thirst.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 22 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 22 receipt

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general *Hdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens II 513 s. v. "Ebbe und Flut". – Persian: Carnoy 278. – Shetland Is.: Teit JAFL XXXI 198. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 293 n. 76a, and add (Malecite) Speck JAFL XXVIII 60, (Tahltan) Teit JAFL XXXII 201.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of water features – general.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Tidal wave or surge marks place of death of person. (Cf. A920.1.4, A936.)Tide caused by breathing of sea-monster Ebb-tide goes to great whirlpool Tub that drips at high tide but holds water at low tide

Filed beside it

Waters created on first day of creation Waters created as punishment Bodies of water in primitive abyss sink Bodies of water remnant of flood Waters created by divine twins Bodies of water from tears. (Cf. A901, A920.1.5, A941.2, A1012.)Mountains push water westward Why waters do not engulf the earth Quarrel between earth and waters Male and female waters

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Impounded water. Water is kept by monster so that mankind cannot use it. A hero defeats the monster and releases the water. (The monster is sometimes a giant frog.)

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