Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson A1000 — World catastrophe

A1000
Thompson motif reference
A
Mythological Motifs
0
Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth.—**Olrik Ragnarök; Fb "verden" III 1039ab; *G. Neckel Studien zu den germanischen Dichtungen vom Weltuntergang (Stzb. d. Heidelberger Akad. d. Wissenschaften 1918); **H. Fischer Weltwenden (1928); **Henne-am Rhyn Das Jenseits: kulturgeschichtliche Darstellung der Ansichten über .... Weltuntergang (1881); **Reitzenstein Weltuntergangsvorstellungen (Kyrkohistoriska Еrsskrift [Uppsala 1924]).—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Egyptian: Smith Dragon 111; Hindu: Keith 105.—S. Am. Indian (Guarani): *Métraux RMLP XXXIII 124.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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