Motif
Warning before deluge
warning_before_deluge
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
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS; lines 21739-21830 confidence: high
Missionary versions are described as Bible narrative; Washburn's informant explains overflow by earth upheaval and tilting; Hagar's variant has a fiery-tailed star fall from heaven, become a long-haired man, and warn of the coming deluge.
A fallen star transformed into a long-haired man warns people of the coming deluge, and Creek variants assign the warning to wolves or cranes.
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