83 motifs match “flood”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sun from fruit kernels thrown into water of flood. A718.3
• Bodies of water remnant of flood. A910.4
• Breaking forth of springs partial cause of Flood. A941.6
• Preservation of life of certain persons in Ireland during Flood. (Cf. A1006.5.) A1005.1
• Ireland repopulated by persons who escape flood. A1006.5
• Ireland, waste for centuries after flood, is repopulated by immigrants. A1006.6
• Great flood lasts eight months. A1010.2
• Flood partially caused by breaking forth of springs. A1011.1
• Flood caused by rising of river. A1011.2
• God's promise never to destroy world by water does not apply to local floods. A1011.3
• Flood from fluids of the body. A1012
• Flood from tears. A1012.1
• Flood from Adam's tears of repentance. A1012.1.1
• Flood from tears of grieving lover. A1012.1.2
• Flood from urine. A1012.2
• Flood caused by loosing fairy horse and allowing it to stale. A1012.2.1
• Flood from blood. A1012.3
• Flood from slain giant's blood. A1012.3.1
• Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster. A1013
• Vomiting of a whale causes flood. A1013.1
• Flood caused by gods or other superior beings. (Cf. A1018.) A1015
• Flood from conflict of gods. Sea god and rain god. A1015.1
• Flood from conflict of monsters (giant animals). A1015.1.1
• Flood caused by deity stamping on floor of heavens. A1015.3
• Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood. A1016
• Flood from animals' boring into ground (turtles, crawfishes, etc.). A1016.1
• Deluge produced by hot liquid which burns as it floods. A1016.2
• Flood caused by melting of ice after great spell of cold. A1016.3
• Flood from broken calabashes of water. A1016.4
• Making mountains out of flat earth causes flood. A1016.5
• Moon falls into sea and causes flood by overflowing. A1016.6
• Flood whenever shard at earth's core moves. A1016.7
• Flood caused to satisfy emotional need. A1017
• Desire of man for sun causes flood. A1017.1
• Flood caused by prayer. A1017.2
• Flood caused by curse. A1017.3
• Flood as punishment. A1018
• Flood as punishment for breaking tabu. A1018.1
• Flood as punishment for incest. A1018.2
• Flood brought as revenge for injury. A1018.3
• Subsidence of earth beneath flood. A1019.1
• Serpent king causes flood by damming rivers. A1019.2
• Flood because earth has become too thickly populated. A1019.3
• Flood puts out world-fire. (Cf. A1030.) A1019.4
• Birds fill sea with dirt and overcome flood. A1028.2
• (Four) persons who, in four quarters of the world, survived the flood and thus preserved ancient tradition. A1029.2
• Flood: refuge in huge gourds with seven rooms in each. A1029.4
• Survivors of flood establish homes. A1029.6
• World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world. A1030
• First son who died before his father after the Flood. A1335.7
• Why carpenters are found everywhere: flood scatters them on raft over world. A1445.2.1
• Mice engendered after flood from rottenness: no mice on ark. A1853.1.1
• Birds cling to sky in flood: cause of tail colors. (Cf. A2412.2.) A2211.7
• Magpie is a hybrid of dove and raven; was not baptized by water of the flood in Noah's time. (Cf. A2291.) A2382.1
• Serpent causes flood. B91.6
• Fish promises to spare man in coming flood. (Cf. B375.1.) B527.1
• Flood because of broken tabu. C984.3
• Transformation: watersprite to flood. D283.3
• Magic flood. D915.6
• Magic stone keeps flood from overflowing earth. (Cf. A1010, D931, D1389.1.) D1388.2
• Magic hat brings flood. (Cf. D1067.1.) D1542.1.3
• Saint's bachall drives back flooding river. (Cf. D1277.) D1549.3.1
• Magic song drives back flooding sea. (Cf. D1275.) D1549.8
• Church spared in flood because of prayers. D2143.2.1
• Rice paddies flooded or dried by toad's tears or laughter. D2149.5
• Magic flood. (Cf. D1542.3, D1549.3.1.) D2151.8
• Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. F531.6.1.1
• Well floods when gazed upon until mass is said over it. F933.7
• Shores flooded with sea-fish. F986.5
• Demons: soul of the giants who perished in the flood. (Cf. A1010.) G302.1.1
• Ogresses caught in flood of lava. G514.6
• Girl to king: Should it (the flood) come I shall not come; should it not come, I shall come. H583.10
• Reeds bend before wind (flood). Save themselves while oak is uprooted. J832
• Fool sends letter home by a flooded river. J1881.1.7
• Washing the room. Fool floods it. J2465.6
• Husband in hanging tub to escape coming flood. The priest who has thus duped the husband enjoys the wife. K1522
• Punishment: flood of mud after which crops of corn come up with black (smutted) ears. Q552.14.2
• Flood as punishment for murder (fratricide). (Cf. Q211.) Q552.19.6
• Flood stopped by sacrifice of boy and girl. S267
• During a flood the Virgin descends into the streets to save her image from the flood waters. V284
• Equanimity of the comedian. When he sees his house carried off by a flood, he fiddles the whole time. W25
• Lie: extraordinary floods produced by heavy rain. X1654.2
• Bird avenges caged mate. Builds cart, yokes frogs to it, arms himself with piece of reed, and proclaims war with king. Collects cat, ants, rope, club, and river. He is put by king into fowl house; cat eats up fowls. In stable rope and club beat up horses. In elephant-house ants get into their brains and kill them all. Tied to king's bed, river floods king in his bed. King gives bird back his mate. Z52