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A1101.1. Golden age. A former age of perfection. – Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 927ff. – Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: De la Saussaye 165, MacCulloch Eddic 327, 378 n. 49, Boberg; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 35 No. 8; Greek: Fox 105, Grote I 62; Jewish: Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 300, 305; Hindu: Keith 103; India: Thompson-Balys. – Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/50); Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 66; Carib: ibid 262; Ackawoi: ibid. 269.
A1101.1.1. Reign of peace and justice (under certain king). Icel.: Herrmann Saxo II 377; Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 300, 305; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Ferguson 33.
A1102. Why powers of nature work on Sabbath. Jewish: Neuman.
A1103. Nature transformed by God once in seven years. Jewish: Neuman.
A1113. God promises never again to destroy world by water. Jewish: Neuman.
A1119.2. Why sea waters are warm: kept so by Leviathan. Jewish: Neuman.
A1119.3. Origin of sea's unpleasant odor. Jewish: Neuman.
A1120. Establishment of present order: winds. Jewish: Neuman; India. Thompson-Balys. – Tonga: Gifford 16; Quileute: Farrand JAFL XXXII 269ff.; Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 224.
A1127.1. Effect of the four winds on weather. Jewish: Neuman. – Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 224; Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 372.
A1127.1.1. North wind tempers fury of south wind. Jewish: Neuman.
A1127.1.2. South wind causes heat and hurricanes. Jewish: Neuman.
A1128.1. Angels' wings protect earth from winds. Jewish: Neuman.
A1130.1. Angels set over clouds, winds, and rains. Jewish: Neuman.
A1130.2. Origin of storms in sixth heaven. Jewish: Neuman.
A1131.1. Rain from tears. Jewish: Neuman; Ekoi: Talbot 344; Kaska: Teit JAFL XXX 448; Maori: Clark 19.
A1131.3. Rain from sea in upper world. Fb (havв) IV 203a. – Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 81; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 26, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684.
A1132. Origin of dew. Knoop Zs. f. Vksk. XXII 89; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 331ff.; Jewish: Neuman.
A1133. Origin of clouds. Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 19; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 97; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 79; S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366.
A1133.4. Clouds as God's shield. Jewish: Neuman.
A1135.1.1. Origin of cold: sun turns fiery face upward. Jewish: Neuman.
A1135.2. Origin of snow. Irish myth: Cross; Flemish: De Meyer FFC XXXVII 83 No. 9b; Jewish: Neuman. – Eskimo (West Greenland): Rasmussen II 33, Rink 44.
A1137. Causes of hot weather: God bores hole in hell. Jewish: Neuman.
A1141. Origin of lightning. Jewish: Neuman. – Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 113; Liberia: Bundy JAFL XXXII 422f.; Nootka: Sapir JAFL XXXII 354; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 61, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 175, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 600.
A1141.4. Lightning as god's whip. Gaster Thespis 157; Jewish: Neuman.
A1141.5. Lightning as God's messenger. Jewish: Neuman.
A1141.6. Lightning produced by deity. Greek: Grote I 8; Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 168.
A1142. Origin of thunder. *Blinkenberg The Thunderweapon in Religion and Folklore (Cambridge 1911); *Saintyves Pierres magiques (Paris 1936); Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 82 No. 9a.; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. – Cook Group: Dixon 88; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 175, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Cape York): Rasmussen III 62; Nootka: Sapir JAFL XXXII 354; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 683f.; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 97, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 113, Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 422f.
A1142.1. Creator's (deity's) voice makes thunder. Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 77.
A1145.1. Earthquakes from movements of subterranean monster. (Cf. A844). – *Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 491b; *Olrik Ragnarök 278; Icel.: De la Saussaye 264. – Greek: Fox 211 (Poseidon); Jewish: Neuman; Egyptian: Müller 104; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 311f.; Armenian: Ananikian 93; India: Thompson-Balys. – S. Am. Indian (Chibcha): Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908.
A1160. Determination of the months. Jewish: Neuman. – Ojibwa: Carson JAFL XXX 493.
A1171.3. Angels of the day: Jewish: Neuman.
A1172. Determination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determined. – Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Clark 43, 46; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 289 n. 62; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 683; African (Fang): Einstein 169.
A1177. Why sun shines on Saturday (Friday). *Dh II 30. – Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 83 No. 9c; Jewish: Neuman.
A1179.1.1. Twilight reflection of fires of hell. Jewish: Neuman.
A1179.2.1. Dawn reflection of roses of paradise. Jewish: Neuman.
A1187. Creator appoints a chief for each class of created things: Lucifer for demons, Sion for mountains, etc. – Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A1191. All things receive names. Chinese: Graham; Jewish: Neuman.
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