Motif
Rejected refuges during destruction
rejected_refuges_during_destruction
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Concealed Refuges and Flight from Catastrophe. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CHAPTER II: MEXICAN MYTHOLOGY / CHAPTER III: MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS / CHAPTER IV: THE MAYA RACE AND MYTHOLOGY / CHAPTER V: MYTHS OF THE MAYA; lines 6590-6685 confidence: high
The mannikins flee to roofs, trees, and caves, but the houses crumble, the trees hurl them down, and the caves close; the race is destroyed, with little monkeys in the woods as the remaining vestiges of their progeny.
The fleeing mannikins climb roofs and trees and turn to caves, but houses crumble, trees hurl them down, and caves close before them.
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