Motif
Elemental powers as folk-tale heroes
elemental_powers_as_folk_tale_heroes
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Elemental and Personified-Nature Heroes. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars RUSSIAN MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES. / CHEKH MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES. / MAGYAR MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 212-319 confidence: high
“A few of the tales in this volume have preserved elemental heroes,” which “points to a similarity with the American system of mythology.”
The passage states that a few tales preserve elemental heroes and names Raven, Whirlwind, South Wind, and brothers Wind as examples.
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