Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Descendants of a surviving remnant

descendants_of_a_surviving_remnant

A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


arctic inuit

  • The People of the Polar North: A Record OLD OLE : WEST GREENLANDIC TYPE / GABRIEL / THE INVULNERABLE UASE 34S / A STORY OF THE GREAT FAMINE; lines 14686-14779 confidence: medium

    After nearly all had died, the cold stopped, summer came, the remaining people were saved, and later people are said to descend from cannibals.

    After the cold ends and summer returns, the few remaining people are saved, and the narrator says later people descend from cannibals.

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