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
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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 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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