I119. The dead shake the ground. 11.-.13.19.21.24.25.27.
Earthquakes cause inhabitants of the lower world; during earthquakes, they try to get to the surface of the earth.
Luba, shambhala, bakwena, conde, chagga, tonga (Malawi), eve, mangbetu, masai, konso, melpa (mbowamb), huli, kai (hall. Huon), D'Antrecasteau Islands, Ulava, Kuki, Andamans, Alor, SW Timor, Negrito YuZ Luzon (Bataan), Ancient Greece, (Croats).
Bantu-speaking Africa. Luba [the spirits of the dead in the lower world are fighting each other, which causes earthquakes]: Colle 1913:428, 720; shambhala [when the leader's spirit enters the afterlife, he hits the iron ones gate, causing an earthquake]: Struck 1909a: 85; backwen [in 1854, during an earthquake, a local chief asked Englishman J. Chapman to tell him in which country the mighty leader died]: Struck 1909a: 85; conde [frequent minor earthquakes are caused by Kyala examining the dead and the steps of this mass of people shudder the earth; rare strong earthquakes are the result of "our father is angry"]: Struck 1909a: 86; chagga [frequent earthquakes in the Kilimanjaro area are caused by souls of the dead rushing to their leader]: Widenmann 1899:34 (retelling in Struck 1909a: 86); Tonga (Malawi) [the creator of Chiuta (with the same word for lightning and thunder) asks his people (dead in the underworld) if they are there; they They answer him in chorus, they knock on mortars - this is an earthquake]: Scheub 2000:31.
West Africa. Ewe [the ruler of Dahomey believed that the earthquake triggered the spirit of his father, who had drowned in the sea, because proper rituals had not been performed in his honor]: Struck 1909a: 85-86.
Sudan - East Africa. Mangbattu [a massive earthquake struck the year the great Munza died (1873)]: Struck 1909a: 85; Masai [the ground shakes when many dead warriors march together]: Hollis 1905:279 in Struck 1909a: 86; conso [at first there are no mountains or rocks on earth; they are sent by God, who is dissatisfied with Earth and people; by sending earthquakes, God is helping underground people get out upstairs; someday they will live here instead of current people]: Jensen 1936, No. 7:497-496.
Melanesia. Melpa (mbowamb) [where heaven meets earth on the horizon, earthquake people live underground (author's comment: =world of the dead); on the horizon, the legs of the sky go underground and form a huge a rock that earthquake people push and make it shake, so that the earth shudders; the people of earthquakes say that our land is above them, and the sky is below them; in the middle of the earth, a huge the pillar on which the earth rests; the people of earthquakes grab it and shake it; we call the people living below us the people of earthquakes, and we call ourselves human beings; but they call us Taewamb - creatures above; the Sun and Moon rise in the east of people's sky and move west; there they go to the sky of the earthquake people and travel from west to east]: Vicedom 1977, #14:17-18; huli [People live underground for whom our land is the roof of the house; they have equipped it this way, leaving three holes through which they go for firewood; at this time they touch the ground and it shudders; var.: sometimes they try to see if the exits are in good condition, to do this, they pull and push the poles; if one of the pillars is weak, they say that another exit should be taken]: Aufenanger 1968:148; kai (hall. Huon) [minor earthquakes occur because the dead in the underworld are "jumping down"]: Keysser, iii. 149 in Moss 1925:33; d'Entrecasteau Islands [when the minor earthquake happened, the old man said he was caused by spirits living under the ground; they sometimes quarrel with each other and the earth swayed; others said earthquakes were caused by a person living on the main island; once upon a time tsunami, the sea receded when an albino was thrown at it]: Jenness, Ballantine 1920:150; Eddystone Island [a cave associated with the dead and leading to the lower world is linked to earthquakes]: Hocart, p. 100 in Moss 1925:33; Ulava [from the southern tip of the island, the souls of the dead make it to San Cristobal, to the "rock of earthquakes", for when they grab hold of it, the earth shudders]: Coombe 1911:259.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Cookie (purum) [the inhabitants of the lower world send a beetle to the ground from time to time to bring them manure; when he returns, he reports that there are no people or animals on earth, and everyone has disappeared; To make sure of this, the inhabitants of the lower world shake the ground; the manure brought there turns into gold, which people then find]: Das 1945:217; cookies (anal, lamgang) [inhabitants of the lower world the world is shaken from time to time to make sure that people on earth are still alive; so during an earthquake, you have to shout, "Alive, alive! ; either the excrement worms go down to the lower world, tell the god of the lower world that everyone above is dead; then he shakes the ground to test it; or the Yangmal worm descends to the god of the lower world peace, taking a piece of land as a gift; this piece turned into gold and silver; the god of the lower world sent Youngmal to bring more, but for some reason he said that the upper world was destroyed; for this check if the lower world god is shaking the ground]: Shakespear 1909:395 (=1912:184).
Malaysia-Indonesia. Andamans: Nippold 1963 [earthquakes cause evil spirits of the dead (men) living underground in a forest where a palm tree grows; furious because they cannot climb to the ground, they shake the tree, causing the ground to shake]; Radcliffe-Brown 1933 (Aka-Kede) [those who died in the underworld perform an initiation ceremony; during it, a screen is installed; they are served by the rainbow; when they shake it, they cause earthquakes]: 146-147; Alor [the dead go down the slope to the plain, where they cross the ravine across the bridge; their legs slide, young and strong cross, walk to Hamintuku; the weaker ones fall down, go to the village of Sahiek, where Karfehawa lives; if he likes the visitor, he calls him to the veranda, where his wife Masingbal pours cooked millet on him; then funeral clothes, larvae, etc., fall down, cover the bones with a cloth; M. hits her husband's legs with a fire stick, he jumps, an earthquake occurs; this only happens when a rich man dies of a respectable age, the death of young earthquakes does not cause; if K. likes a person, he gives him a house to live in; if not, he spits in his mouth, he goes down the river to the sea, turns into salt and limestone cliffs]: DuBois 1944:164; SW Timor {obviously atoni} [earthquakes because the dead are trying to escape from the underworld]: Perry 1915:138.
Taiwan - Philippines. Negrito (Bataan) [when patients (some of the diseased) are unhappy, they make it known, shaking the pillars of the world]: Garvan 1963:204.
The Balkans. Ancient Greece: Elian 1964 [Aelianus 4.17; Pythagoras considered the earthquake to be a consequence of the dead coming together]: 49; Crooke 1894 [(Folklore 1, 150); Pythagoras believed earthquakes cause dead people fighting in the underworld]: 119; cf. Croats (Prigorje) [the origin of the earthquake is associated with the actions of "those below us"]: Plotnikova 1995:313.