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Motifs
- Local gods. A410
- Local gods – miscellaneous. A419
- Local deluges. A1011
- God's promise never to destroy world by water does not apply to local floods. A1011.3
- 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
- Habitat of animal. The country or locality in which animal is found. A2434
- Magic object stolen from local deity. D861.0.1
- Local winter. Winter produced in one place while it is summer everywhere else. D2145.1.1
- Locality sanctified against pestilence (by angel) as result of prayer and fasting. (Cf. D1586.) D2162.3
- Saint sanctifies locality against death. D2176.0.1
- Our children know local road; odd that grown stranger does not. J2212.9
- The local moon. Numskull greets old moon as if it were new. "I haven't seen it before, for I have just come to the city." (Each town thought to have a different moon.) J2271.1
Episodes
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 122 122. LOCAL LEGENDS OF NORTH CAROLINA
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 123 123. LOCAL LEGENDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 124 124. LOCAL LEGENDS OF TENNESSEE
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 125 125. LOCAL LEGENDS OF GEORGIA
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