Motif
decline from an earlier era of abundance
decline_from_an_earlier_era_of_abundance
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends TRADITIONAL ACCOUNT OF AN ANCIENT HAWAIIAN PROPHECY / KU-ULA, THE FISH GOD OF HAWAII / AIAI, SON OF KU-ULA / PART II OF THE LEGEND OF KU-ULA, THE FISH GOD OF HAWAII; lines 6392-6430 confidence: high
Formerly, many kinds of fish were seen around the islands and deep-sea fish sometimes came near shore; in the new era there are fewer, which some people attribute to the change of times.
The passage contrasts former multitudes and varieties of fish with fewer fish in the new era, attributed by some to a change of times.
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