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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.
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.
A1003. Calamity as punishment for sin. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Beckwith Myth 317; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158.
A1005.3. Holy Land not ravaged by deluge. Jewish: Neuman.
A1006. Renewal of world after world calamity. Icel.: De la Saussaye 352, Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. – S. Am. Indian (Bakairi): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 347, (Namicuara): Lévi-Strauss ibid. 369.
A1006.1. New race from single pair (or several) after world calamity. (Cf. A1038, A1045.) – *Olrik Ragnarök 479 s.v. (Erneuerungв). – Greek: *Grote I 93; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. – Marquesas: Handy 110; Ellice Is.: Beckwith Myth 270; Hawaii: ibid. 315; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 91; S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 144, (Chiriguano): ibid. 157, 163, 170f., (Guaporé River): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379; African (Lamomi): Bouveignes 29.
A1007. World calamity will begin in Palestine. Jewish: Neuman.
A1010.1. Sun and moon do not shine during deluge. Jewish: Neuman.
A1011. Local deluges. **Schmarsel Die Sage von der untergegangenen Stadt; *RTP XXVIII 27 and references to earlier volumes. – Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 81 n. 2; Jewish: Neuman.
A1011.3. God's promise never to destroy world by water does not apply to local floods. Jewish: Neuman.
A1016.7. Flood whenever shard at earth's core moves. Jewish: Neuman.
A1018. Flood as punishment. *Frazer Old Testament I 144 – 360; Spanish Exempla: Keller. – Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Fox 158; Babylonian: Spence 45f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1056. – Society Is.: Dixon 39 n. 120; Hawaiian, Maori, Marquesas: ibid. 40; N. Am. Indian (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 59, (Pomo): Angelo JAFL XLVI 241, (Wishosk): Kroeber JAFL XVIII 96, (Apache): Goddard PaAM XXIV 8, (Hopi): Voth FM VIII 53, (ZuСЃi): Benedict ZuСЃi Mythology I 10ff.; Caribbean (Cuan): Stewart BBAE CXLIII (4) 267; S. Am. Indian (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 369, (Cubeo): Goldman JAFL LIII 244, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 29, (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 315. – See also references to (Sintflutв) in A1010 and A1015, where in nearly all cases the gods produce the flood as punishment.
A1021.2. Bird scouts sent out from ark. *Dh I 283. – Irish myth: Cross; Hebrew: Genesis 8:7ff., Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 176.
A1022. Escape from deluge on mountain. Greek: Grote I 93; Hebrew: Genesis 8:4, Neuman; Hindu: Keith 99; India: Thompson-Balys. – Philippine: Dixon 179; Borneo: ibid. 180; West Caroline Is.: ibid. 257; Australian: ibid. 280; Polynesian: ibid 38 n. 118; Cook Group: ibid. 39 n. 121; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 215. – N. Am. Indian (Bella-Bella): Boas MAFLS XXV 1f., (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 232ff., (LuiseСЃo): Du Bois UCal VIII 157, (Shasta): Dixon JAFL XXIII 36, (Blackfoot): Wissler paAM II 19, (Chiricahua Apache): Opler MAFLS XXXVII 1f., (ZuСЃi): Benedict CU XXI 10ff.; S. Am. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 330, (Inca): ibid. 230, (Yunca, Peru): ibid. 230, (Caingang, Amazon): ibid. 312. (Only a selection of references for North and South America.).
A1030. World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world. – *Olrik Ragnarök 483 s. v. (Weltbrandв), *Danske Studier (1913) 204ff.; *Eisler Weltenmantel und Himmelszelt 452. – Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff., Boberg; Greek: Grote I 94; Lithuanian: Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI 133f.; Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian: Meissner Babylonien und Assyrien II 118; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 368ff.; Hindu: Keith 105; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 84. – Maori: Dixon 47 n. 33; N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 287 n. 57d.; S. Am. Indian (Yuracare, W. Brazil): Alexander Lat. Am. 313, (Araucanian): ibid. 330, (Chaco, Tupinamba, Apapocuva-Guarani, Tembé, Shipaya, Carajú, Mura, Cashinawa, Witoto, Arawak, Yuracare): Métraux MAFLS XL 36 (Mataco): ibid. 35, (Toba): ibid. 33, (Tucuna): Nimuendajú BBAE CXLIII (3) 724, (Bacairi): Lévi-Strauss ibid. (3) 347.
A1060. Earth-disturbances at end of world. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A1080. Battle at end of world. Armageddon. – Revelations 16:16; Fb (krigв) II 296b.; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman, Moreno Esdras (N307.13).
A1082. Battle of gods and monster at end of world. Jewish: Neuman.
A1082.4. God battles Leviathan at end of world. Jewish: Neuman.
A1082.5. God conquers Satan at end of world. Jewish: Neuman.
A1082.7. Battle of angels with Leviathan and Behemoth at end of world. Jewish: Neuman.
A1087. Monsters kill each other off at end of world. Jewish: Neuman.
A1095. The Messianic Age. Jewish: **Neuman.
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