Lake bursts forth to drown impious people

Motif

Lake bursts forth to drown impious people.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Water features. · Origin of the seas. · view the constellation · filed as A920.1.8

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

general Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 241ff., (1931) 162ff.
general Fb "sø" III 731a
general G. Schütte in Danske Studier (1925) 117ff.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of lakes.

1 finer motif beneath it

Lake from violating tabu

Filed beside it

Origin of particular lake Inexhaustible buckets as source of lakes Lakes from digging of primeval ox. (Cf. A901.)Lake bursts forth to drown thief Lakes burst forth to commemorate birth, death, battle, etc., of primitive hero Lakes originate from tears. (Cf. A901, A911.)Lake from urine of horse. (Cf. A933.)Lake created by fairies Lake bursts forth where island is plowed out. (Cf. A951.)Lakes made by giant or devil Woman transformed to pool of water Lake bursts forth where blind king plucks rushes Lake of milk formed through virtue of saint Lakes are daughters of the gods Origin of the Dead Sea Lake originally filled with palm wine

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