Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Personified nature forces as mythic heroes

personified_nature_forces_as_mythic_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

  • 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 506-601 confidence: high

    The passage states that original myth-tale heroes were not human but later bear human names and perform deeds possible only for personified forces of Nature.

    The passage states that original myth-tale heroes were non-human and that only forces of nature could perform their deeds if they had personal volition.

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