Motif-Index of Folk-Literature/Volume 1/A/1000

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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 1 (1955)
by Stith Thompson
A. Mythological Motifs: A1000—A1099. World calamities and renewals
A1100—A1199
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A1000—A1099. World calamities and renewals.

A1000. World catastrophe. The world is destroyed. The incidents are usually the same whether a final destruction is thought of or a destruction which may be overcome by a renewal of the earth. — **Olrik Ragnarök; Fb "verden" III 1039ab; *G. Neckel Studien zu den germanischen Dichtungen vom Weltuntergang (Stzb. d. Heidelberger Akad. d. Wissenschaften 1918); **H. Fischer Weltwenden (1928); **Henne-am Rhyn Das Jenseits: kulturgeschichtliche Darstellung der Ansichten über Weltuntergang (1881); **Reitzenstein Weltuntergangsvorstellungen (Kyrkohistoriska Arsskrift [Uppsala 1924]). — Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Egyptian: Smith Dragon 111; Hindu: Keith 105. — S. Am. Indian (Guarani): *Métraux RMLP XXXIII 124.
M357. Prophecy: world catastrophe.
A1001. Series of world catastrophes. **Olrik Ragnarök; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3012, Legends No. 15. — Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 95.
A1002. Doomsday. Catastrophes precede the Day of Judgment. *Olrik Ragnarök. — Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 461ff.; Jewish: Moreno Esdras (M307), *Neuman; Hindu: Keith 105; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 279. — Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 116ff. — Cf. Revelations passim.
A1075. End of world heralded by coming of Antichrist. B259.8. Birds' wings drip blood when birds hear of Day of Judgment. E751. Souls on Judgment Day. M341.2.20. Prophecy: wholesale slaughter to be inflicted by colossal wheel rolling over Europe. Q155.1. Condemned souls released from hell on Doomsday at request of saint.
A1002.1. Widespread calamity when feast of John the Baptist shall fall on certain day. Irish myth: Cross.
V70.3.1. Feast of Saint John the Baptist.
A1002.2. Signs before the Day of Judgment. **Heist Fifteen Signs Before Doomsday (East Lansing, Michigan, 1952). — Irish myth: Cross.
A1075. End of world heralded by coming of Antichrist. M363.0.1. Coming of Antichrist prophesied. Z71.16.14.3. Fifteen signs before doomsday.
A1002.2.1. No rainbow for fifteen years before the Day of Judgment. Irish myth: Cross.
A1002.2.2. Bleeding wood as sign of Doomsday. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (M307.3.).
A1002.2.3. Talking stone as sign of Doomsday. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (M307.4).
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A1099.3. World turned topsy-turvy and eaten by an earthworm. India: Thompson-Balys.
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