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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Biblical | Genesis | Genesis 1:1-5 | medium | In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth... God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | Rune I, Birth of Wainamoinen | high | The Daughter of the Ether descends to the ocean, is tossed by storm-wind and sea, and becomes a water-mother in prolonged travail. | record |
| Persian | Persian Literature, Volume 1 | Persian Literature, Volume 1 / PERSIAN LITERATURE / SPECIAL INTRODUCTION; lines 68-154 | low | Persians are said to delight in chivalric tales; artistic imagination is linked to palaces, tiles, and illuminated manuscripts. Zoroaster is said not to have been deified, enabling freer imaginative play. Persian fancy is described as roaming through history, attempting to lift a veil over the beginnings of all things, blending fact and fiction, and building castles in the air. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 120-221 | high | Juno reaches Aeolia, land of storm-clouds and southern gales, where Aeolus keeps the struggling winds and storms in dungeon-like fetters inside a desolate cavern and behind mountain barriers. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1834-1914 | medium | Charybdis, on the left, swallows the vast flood three times into a swirling gulf and hurls it upward, lashing the sky with water. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 223-315 | high | Neptune notices the roaring sea, the released tempest, and the water boiling from below; he sees Aeneas’ fleet overwhelmed and recognizes Juno’s guile and wrath. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2542-2634 | medium | Dido says the priestess's spells can alter purposes, bring passion and pain, stop rivers, turn stars backward, call ghosts by night, make earth moan, and bring mountain-ashes down. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4523-4594 | medium | Juno recounts that the Trojans survived Troy, armies, flames, and sea dangers, reached the Tiber, and that she cannot alter Aeneas' Latin realm or Lavinia as his destined bride, but can delay and devastate both peoples. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4690-4772 | high | Allecto leaves Turnus and the Rutulians for the Trojans, finds Iülus hunting by a bank, and maddens his hounds with a familiar scent to drive them after a stag. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8122-8178 | medium | Turnus's attack is compared to Mavors kindling bloodshed, driving furious coursers, and accompanied by Terror, Wraths, and Ambushes; Turnus tramples slain foes and scatters bloody gore and sand. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 902-1009 | medium | In ancient days, the new world is unsettled and burning beneath a thin crust, so people stay in huts; Okikurumi fishes for them and sends Turesh with food, while commanding them not to ask questions or look at her face. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2842-2935 | medium | After forty favorable days, a storm blows the fleet about for ten days; the pilot loses his bearings and a sailor sees sea, sky, and a large black mass astern. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | CHAPTER V. / THE EVIDENCE OF VIRTUE COMPLETE. / CHAPTER VI. / THE GREAT SUPREME.; lines 3272-3415 | medium | Nü Yü says the knowledge came from books, learning, investigation, co-ordination, application, desire to know, the unknown, the great void, and infinity. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | CHAPTER VI. / THE GREAT SUPREME. / CHAPTER VII. / HOW TO GOVERN.; lines 3864-3955 | high | Shu and Hu say all men have seven holes for seeing, hearing, eating, and breathing, but Hun Tun has none. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | OPENING TRUNKS. / B.C. 481. / CHAPTER XI. / ON LETTING ALONE.; lines 4793-4916 | medium | The Spirit of the Clouds asks for knowledge, says heaven and earth are out of harmony, the six influences fail to combine, and seasons are irregular; he wants to blend the influences to nourish living beings. The Vital Principle answers that he does not know. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | CHAPTER XI. / ON LETTING ALONE. / CHAPTER XII. / THE UNIVERSE.; lines 5141-5293 | medium | The cosmology begins: 'At the beginning of the beginning, even Nothing did not exist. Then came the period of the Nameless. When ONE came into existence, there was ONE, but it was formless.' | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | CHAPTER XVI. / EXERCISE OF FACULTIES. / CHAPTER XVII. / AUTUMN FLOODS.; lines 7316-7441 | medium | Mou says trying to understand Chuang Tzu with inadequate knowledge is like a mosquito carrying a mountain, an ant swimming a river, looking at the sky through a tube, or pointing at the earth with an awl; he says Chuang Tzu transcends directions, is engulfed in the unfathomable, begins with chaos, and returns to Tao. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH; lines 1267-1358 | low | Balor tells the force to fight Ildnach, strike off his head, tie Ireland to the backs of their ships, let destroying water take its place, and put Ireland north of Lochlann so the Men of Dea cannot follow it. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH / CHAPTER IV. THE HIDDEN HOUSE OF LUGH / BOOK THREE: THE COMING OF THE GAEL. / CHAPTER I. THE LANDING; lines 2744-2820 | high | The Sons of the Gael move to nine waves from shore; the Men of Dea raise a great wind by enchantments and spells; Amergin and Arranan know it is not a natural storm. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER III. THE HOUND / CHAPTER IV. RED RIDGE / BOOK THREE: THE BATTLE OF THE WHITE STRAND. / CHAPTER I. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND; lines 7086-7130 | medium | The armies sail in ships; wind and waves rise, with sea-women heard, birds screaming, and ropes and sails breaking. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | GODS AND FIGHTING MEN. / PART ONE: THE GODS. / BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE TUATHA DE DANAAN. / CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS; lines 748-839 | high | Badb, Macha, and the Morrigu go to Teamhair and by enchantment bring mists, darkness, and showers of fire and blood for three days until the Firbolg druids Cesarn, Gnathach, and Ingnathach break the enchantment. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY / CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT; lines 8041-8132 | medium | Air creatures, sea, waves, water-beasts, hills, woods, stones, wind, earth, dark clouds, hounds, crows, witches, powers of the air, and wolves respond to the battle and foretell or urge destruction. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY / CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT; lines 8134-8219 | medium | Fergus describes the armies as packed as close as forest tree-tops, with fire from swords, raining blood, severed hair in the clouds, and men distinguishable only by voices; he goes to hearten the Fianna. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH; lines 9100-9185 | high | A war is underway between Lir of Sidhe Fionnachaidh and Ilbrec of Ess Ruadh; every evening a bird with an iron beak and a tail of fire comes to Ilbrec's golden window, shakes down weapons on the hall's people, and cannot be struck. Derg says this has continued for a year. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 3973-4040 | medium | Guinea towns annually banish the devil; at Axim an eight-day feast allows lampooning, then the devil is hunted and pelted out of town, and women wash vessels to remove uncleanness and the devil. | record |
| Persian | The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan | LXVII / LXXIV / LXXVI / LXXVII; lines 4535-4550 | medium | Alexander got as far as chaos, but after all this toil he drank not the water of immortality. | record |
| Persian | The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan | THE GULISTAN / SA'DI / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I; lines 737-821 | medium | "the fountain of immortality has its source of chaos"; "God has in store many hidden mercies"; "patience is bitter, yet it will yield sweet fruit." | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 2556-2655 | high | "Verily at the first Chaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Earth"; Tartarus and Eros are also listed among the first beings. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 3012-3099 | medium | The gods and Titans stir up battle; the three beings brought from Erebus have one hundred arms and fifty heads each, hold huge rocks, and the conflict shakes sea, earth, Heaven, Olympus, and Tartarus. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 3101-3196 | medium | The passage again lists the sources and ends of earth, Tartarus, sea, and heaven; describes shining gates and a bronze threshold; places the Titans beyond gloomy Chaos; and notes Cottus and Gyes on Ocean's foundations and Briareos's marriage to Cymopolea. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 3198-3291 | medium | Typhoeus would have ruled mortals and immortals if Zeus had not perceived it; Zeus thunders, and earth, heaven, sea, Ocean streams, nether regions, Olympus, Hades, and the Titans tremble amid heat, lightning, fire, and strife. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 3198-3291 | medium | Boisterous winds come from Typhoeus, except Notus, Boreas, and clear Zephyr; the harmful winds scatter ships, destroy sailors, and spoil fields with dust and uproar. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 531-624 | high | The Theogony traces divine families from the beginning; Chaos, Earth, and Eros are introduced; Earth produces Heaven and bears the Titans, Cyclopes, and hundred-handed giants. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 714-814 | low | The Titanomachy is said to begin with a theogony telling of the union of Heaven and Earth and their offspring, the Cyclopes and Hundred-handed Giants; the passage says its later course is unknown but may have resembled the Titan War in Hesiod’s Theogony. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9228-9370 | medium | Earth in Hesiodic cosmology is a disk surrounded by Oceanus and floating on a waste of waters; it supports trees, humans, animals, hills, and seas. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9516-9643 | medium | The passage probably led to the Trojan and possibly Theban war in which the Race of Heroes perished; destruction of humans by crop-spoiling storms begins; remaining verses describe a snake bearing young in spring. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 10691-10806 | medium | At dawn, "baleful Eris" is sent by Jove, holding "The torch of discord" and descending through red skies toward the fleet. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12814-12921 | medium | Merion rushes to the appointed place; the enemy masses; the armies meet in imagery of a fiery torrent, warring winds, dusty whirlwinds, darkened heaven, upright spears, and flaming fields. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 18750-18901 | high | The gods swell the fight; Discord sounds alarms, Earth echoes, Minerva calls from the Greek side, and Mars covers Troy in dark clouds while inciting Trojan fury. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19693-19817 | medium | The yellow flood addresses the god of the silver bow, invoking Jove's mandate that Phoebus defend Troy with sacred arrows until Hyperion's fall brings darkness. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19819-19969 | medium | The gods join fierce contention; ethereal arms clash, heaven thunders, the ground groans, and Jove watches the scene with careless eyes. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 3913-4058 | medium | The armies sweep forward like a deluge and a flood of fire; earth groans beneath them as in the simile of Jove hurling lightning and striking Typhon beneath a burning load. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 5358-5482 | medium | Each host joins battle under a god's inspiration: Mars incites one side and Minerva the other; Discord is personified as growing vast, stalking earth, and causing nations to bleed. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 6234-6371 | medium | Mars hovers with a sable shield; after the blue-eyed maid retires, Apollo produces neas from his fane alive, unharmed, and vigorous from his wound, while battle-deities and battle-cries intensify the field. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | COMPILED BY / PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE; lines 262-377 | medium | The saliva-treated arrow strikes the centipede's brain; its body stops, its fiery lights darken and go out, and a violent darkness, thunder, lightning, and wind shake the palace before clear dawn. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7122-7243 | medium | A new section begins, 'The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa. An Old Chinese Story'; it introduces Jokwa as a giant empress who succeeded Fuki and mended broken heavens and a terrestrial pillar damaged during a rebellion. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7364-7483 | high | Kokai's fall against the rocks bursts the mountain, releases fire from the earth, and breaks a pillar upholding the Heavens so that one corner of the sky drops to the earth. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1130-1317 | medium | In primeval times a beauteous Daughter of the Ether lives for ages alone in heaven and in the spaces above sea-foam, grows weary and sad, and descends to the ocean, with waves as coach and pillow. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1319-1499 | medium | The water-mother laments leaving ether for the sea, describes pain in the waters, and implores Ukko, ruler of heaven, to deliver and help her. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15276-15453 | medium | Ukko, called Creator and father omnipresent, sends storm-clouds and snow from heaven into a fire-pit or burning matter, where a lake forms. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21682-21883 | medium | After the voyage resumes, Ukko of the heavens makes powerful winds and furious storms rise from many directions, tearing plants and disturbing the deep sea. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 22078-22273 | high | Louhi threatens Wainamoinen with hiding moonbeams and the sun, freezing crops, sending iron hail, sending Otso against livestock, and sending nine diseases against the people. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23372-23562 | high | After the golden Moon and silver Sun vanish, Louhi steals fire from Northland and Wainola; homes become cold and dark, and darkness reigns in Kalevala and Ukko's home. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24128-24317 | medium | After Fire returns to Northland, the Moon and Sun still do not shine; frost settles, cattle starve, birds perish, and people die in cold and darkness without sunlight or moonlight. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | BOOK II / EPILOGUE / THE END / GLOSSARY; lines 25330-25477 | medium | Hisi, Jutas, Lempo, and Piru are defined as the Evil Principle or as synonyms of one another. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3687-3882 | medium | The first arrow flies over Wainamoinen's head, darts into the upper sky, pierces the highest clouds, and scatters lamb-clouds. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4459-4654 | medium | Wainamoinen answers that he knows the source of metals and origin of iron; he names air as oldest of mothers, water as oldest brother, fire as second brother, and iron as youngest brother. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 11070-11217 | medium | Dhoulkarnain comes between two mountains; the people there say Gog and Magog waste the land and ask whether tribute may be paid so he will build a rampart between them. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 11219-11354 | medium | The notes identify Dhoulkarnain probably as Alexander the Great, describe a divine commission against impiety and idolatry, name Yadjoudj and Madjoudj as eastern barbarous peoples, and discuss a rampart identified with fortifications associated with Alexander. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 11356-11508 | medium | God creates the earth, places mountains, distributes food, addresses heaven while it is smoke, receives obedient reply from Heaven and Earth, and makes seven heavens with lights and guardian angels. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 12498-12640 | medium | "made the Heavens and the Earth in six days" and "His throne had stood ere this upon the waters" | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 13030-13160 | medium | The note compares a pre-creation statement with Raschi on Genesis 1:2 and a later catechism, citing a tradition that the throne of God's glory stood above the waters at the first creation. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 2506-2739 | high | The Blow is described: men are like scattered moths, mountains like carded wool, heavy balances lead to a pleasing life, and light balances lead to the pit, a raging fire. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 2741-2973 | medium | “WHEN the Heaven shall have SPLIT ASUNDER” and Earth shall be stretched out, cast forth what was in her, and the human being shall meet his Lord. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 2975-3208 | medium | The promised event is imminent; stars are blotted out, heaven cleft, mountains scattered in dust, Apostles assigned a time, and the day is called the day of severing with woes to deniers and destruction of evildoers. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 3210-3455 | medium | When the earth is crushed, the Lord comes, angels stand rank on rank, and Hell is moved up; man remembers and regrets not preparing, and none punishes or binds as God does. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 3457-3676 | medium | One blast is blown on the trumpet; earth and mountains are upheaved and crushed into dust; heaven cleaves and is fragile; angels are on its sides; eight bear the Lord's throne. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 3678-3891 | high | "Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel, / And stirring shall the mountains stir"; deniers are thrust "to the fire of Hell." | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 3893-4118 | medium | At the inevitable day, the earth is shaken, mountains crumble into scattered dust, and people are divided into the right hand, left hand, and foremost groups. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7554-7691 | medium | The claim that the God of Mercy has offspring is called monstrous; heavens, earth, and mountains nearly rupture because a son is ascribed to him, though it does not befit him to beget a son. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 9195-9356 | medium | "the heavens and the earth were both a solid mass" and God "clave them asunder"; by water he gives life to everything. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 9508-9648 | medium | A destroyed city will not rise again until Gog and Magog are released and hasten from every high land; the approaching promise causes unbelievers to stare and confess misery and impiety. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24216-24303 | medium | The claim that the Merciful has begotten issue is condemned; the heavens nearly tear, the earth cleaves, and mountains fall because children are attributed to the Merciful. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24885-24979 | medium | The heavens and earth were solid and cloven asunder; every living thing was made of water; stable mountains and broad passages were placed on the earth. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25309-25406 | medium | Gog and Magog will have a passage opened, hasten from every high hill, and the certain promise will draw near, astonishing the infidels. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25408-25434 | medium | The note says the relevant time is until the resurrection and that one sign of its approach will be the eruption of those barbarians. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LII. / ENTITLED, THE MOUNTAIN; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 34492-34610 | medium | On the day of punishment, heaven shakes, mountains pass away, accusers of God's apostles are driven into hell fire, and are told that their recompense matches what they wrought. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LVI. / ENTITLED, THE INEVITABLE; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 35105-35216 | medium | “the earth shall be shaken with a violent shock; and the mountains shall be dashed in pieces, and shall become as dust scattered abroad” | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXIX. / ENTITLED, THE INFALLIBLE; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 36754-36875 | medium | One trumpet blast sounds; earth and mountains are struck and displaced; the inevitable judgment comes; heavens split and fall; angels stand at the sides; eight bear the Lord's throne. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXX. / ENTITLED, THE STEPS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 36878-36974 | medium | On a certain day the heaven becomes like molten brass, mountains like scattered colored wool; friends do not ask after friends, and the wicked seeks to ransom himself with family, kin, and all on earth. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXVII. / ENTITLED, THOSE WHICH ARE SENT; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37627-37713 | medium | Stars are put out, heaven is split, mountains are winnowed, apostles are assigned a time to testify, and the day is called the day of separation. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXVIII. / ENTITLED, THE NEWS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37716-37782 | medium | The day of separation is fixed; the trumpet sounds, people come in troops to judgment, heaven opens with gates for angels, and mountains become vapor. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXI. / ENTITLED, THE FOLDING UP; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37942-37996 | high | "WHEN the sun shall be folded up"; stars fall, mountains pass away, camels are neglected, wild beasts gather, and seas boil. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXII. / ENTITLED, THE CLEAVING IN SUNDER; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37999-38042 | medium | Heaven is cloven in sunder, stars are scattered, seas join their waters, and graves are turned upside down. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XCIX. / ENTITLED, THE EARTHQUAKE; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38927-38963 | medium | "WHEN the earth shall be shaken by an earthquake; and the earth shall cast forth her burdens; and a man shall say, What aileth her?" | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CI. / ENTITLED, THE STRIKING; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38991-39019 | medium | On that day men are like moths scattered abroad, and mountains become like carded wool of various colors driven by wind. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4172-4219 | high | Gog and Magog pass the lake of Tiberias, drink it dry, distress Jesus and companions at Jerusalem, are destroyed by God, removed by birds, leave weapons burned for seven years, and are followed by cleansing, fertilizing rain. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4222-4265 | high | A wind removes the souls of those with faith, and the first trumpet blast, called the blast of consternation, terrifies all creatures in heaven and earth except those God exempts. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | OF THE / SECTIONS OF THE PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN.; lines 900-929 | low | Titles listed include Fig, Congealed Blood, Earthquake, War Horses which run swiftly, and Elephant. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4737-4866 | medium | Gwynn son of Nudd is required for hunting the Twrch Trwyth, but God has placed him over the brood of devils in Annwvyn to prevent them destroying the present race. Du, the horse of Mor of Oerveddawg, is the only horse that can carry Gwynn. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7019-7112 | high | At the Gorsedd of Narberth, thunder and dense mist occur; afterward the land appears empty of cattle, dwellings, smoke, fire, people, and inhabited houses, and all companions are lost except the four. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS; lines 8432-8528 | high | The first plague is the Coranians, a race whose knowledge lets them know any discourse on the island if the wind meets it. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS; lines 8432-8528 | medium | The second plague is a shriek every May-eve over every hearth in Britain, terrifying people and leaving animals, trees, earth, and waters barren. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS; lines 8530-8609 | high | The second plague is a dragon in Lludd's dominion fighting a foreign dragon, causing a fearful outcry. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA / BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA; lines 5365-5514 | medium | Karna orders his men and drives to battle; Karna and Arjun meet amid mutual hate, shaking earth, answering sky, and a darkening cloud of arrows, then part at evening without decision. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 5963-6113 | medium | "And a universal sorrow filled the air and answering sky, / As when ends the mortal's Yuga and the end of world is nigh!" | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | SRADDHA / BOOK XII / ASWA-MEDHA / CONCLUSION; lines 6719-6801 | medium | At Dwarka, Krishna meets tragic events: the Vrishnis and Andhakas become irreligious, drunk, and internally divided; Valadeva and Krishna die; the Yadava city is swallowed by the ocean. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII / LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I.; lines 225-247 | high | Chaos is divided by the Deity into four elements; man is created from earth and water; the Four Ages follow; the Giants seek heaven's sovereignty, are slain by Jupiter, and a new race arises from their blood. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND.; lines 2895-2997 | high | “If the sea, if the earth perishes, if the palace of heaven, we are thrown into the confused state of ancient chaos. Save it from the flames...” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND.; lines 3131-3171 | medium | Clarke translates the phrase as: 'We are then jumbled into the old chaos again.' | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK VII. / INTRODUCTION. / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK THE FIRST.; lines 477-588 | high | At first, sea, earth, and all-covering heaven are the only face of nature, named Chaos, a rude and undigested inert mass of discordant atoms heaped together. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK VII. / INTRODUCTION. / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK THE FIRST.; lines 477-588 | high | God and bounteous Nature put an end to the discord by separating earth from heavens, waters from earth, and clear heavens from gross atmosphere, then combining the disjoined elements in harmonious unison. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK VII. / INTRODUCTION. / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK THE FIRST.; lines 590-601 | low | The note says that reading the term as strictly last or lowest would contradict Hesiod's world-formation account, which Ovid closely follows, and Ovid's own wording. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | INTRODUCTION. / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK THE FIRST. / EXPLANATION.; lines 604-692 | high | Ancient philosophers are said to suppose pre-existent matter later given form and order by a powerful cause; God is described as Architect rather than Creator; this is identified with poetic Chaos first mentioned by Hesiod. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8101-8206 | medium | The first challenger sings of divine wars, honors the Giants, says Typhoeus terrified Heaven and drove the gods to Egypt by the seven-mouthed Nile, and lists gods concealed as animal forms including a horned flock-leader, crow, he-goat, cat, cow, fish, and ibis. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11118-11219 | medium | Picus' attendants search for him, confront Circe, and prepare to attack; Circe scatters poisons, invokes Night, the Gods of Night, Erebus, Chaos, and Hecate, produces prodigies, and transforms the young men into wild beasts. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6689-6760 | medium | The master orders the top sails lowered and the sail furled, but the storm prevents execution and the sea’s roar prevents voices being heard; crew members act on their own to handle oars, sides, sails, water, and yards. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | CHAPTER VII / CHAPTER VIII / CHAPTER IX / CHAPTER X; lines 2581-2665 | medium | The extreme West has an immense sea called in Divine Revelation the miry sea, where the sun sets, with desolate sterile land, darkness, illusions, weak sun, destruction, conflict, tyranny, and strange animal and plant developments. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | PART I.--MYTHS. / INTRODUCTION. / ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.); lines 436-525 | high | Before the world existed, a shapeless mass called Chaos consolidated and separated into the sky or firmament above and the solid mass below. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE). / MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE). / NEMESIS. / NYX (NOX).; lines 4548-4560 | medium | Nyx, daughter of Chaos and personification of Night, is considered mother of mysterious and inexplicable things such as death, sleep, and dreams. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE.; lines 4825-4914 | high | Eros, according to Hesiod’s Theogony, springs from Chaos and orders confused elements; the ancient Eros is a beautiful youth crowned with flowers and leaning on a shepherd’s crook. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.) / SECOND DYNASTY. / CRONUS (SATURN).; lines 549-631 | medium | The battle is marked by towering sea, shaking earth, thunder, lightning, and mist enveloping Cronus and his allies. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CRONUS (SATURN). / SATURN. / RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD.; lines 700-744 | medium | The Giants, described as hideous earth-born monsters, some with serpent legs and sprung from the earth and Uranus's blood, declare war against the Olympian deities. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 11960-12095 | high | The passage recounts the gods' toleration of Loki, his corrupting influence, the loss of Balder as purity or innocence, and Loki's banishment to earth where humans follow his teachings. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 11960-12095 | high | The gods perceive Ragnarok approaching; Sol and Mani grow pale; Fimbul-winter begins with snow, north winds, ice, and several severe seasons during which crime increases and compassion disappears. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 11960-12095 | high | In the Ironwood, Iarnsaxa or Angur-boda feeds Hati, Sköll, and Managarm, offspring of Fenris; the wolves grow strong, overtake Sol and Mani, and devour them. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 11960-12095 | high | Iörmungandr, the Midgard snake, is aroused, lashes the sea into huge waves, crawls onto land, and hastens to the dread fray. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 12098-12221 | high | The armies assemble on Vigrid: Æsir, Vanas, and Einheriar face Surtr's host, frost giants, Hel's army, Loki's followers, Garm, Fenris, and Iörmungandr; Fenris and Iörmungandr emit fire, smoke, and poisonous vapours. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12430-12540 | high | “The Northern nations, like the Greeks, imagined that the world rose out of chaos”; Greek chaos is described as vapory and formless, Northern chaos as “fire and ice.” | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12430-12540 | medium | From fire and ice came first divinities; Ymir and his descendants are compared to Titans; both groups are gigantic or elemental powers, later defeated and banished to Tartarus and Jötun-heim. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12651-12759 | medium | Thor is described as the Northern thunder-god bearing Miölnir, compared with Jupiter, Mercury, and Hercules through thunderbolt symbolism, rapid infant growth, strength, serpent-strangling, monster fighting, and assuming women’s apparel to recover his buried hammer. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12761-12872 | medium | Tyr is compared with Ares; he braves Fenris, and Fenris is described as subterranean fire bound like the Titans. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12874-12978 | high | Greek tempests are attributed to Neptune, northern tempests to Iörmungandr or Ægir; Ægir and Neptune have sea dwellings and are surrounded by water beings. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12980-13082 | medium | Fimbul-winter is compared with fighting at Troy, and Ragnarok with the burning of Troy; Thor, Fenris wolf, Odin, and Vidar are aligned with figures from the Trojan cycle. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 328-454 | high | At the beginning there is no earth, sea, or air; darkness rests over all; Allfather is described as uncreated, unseen, and effective in will. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 328-454 | medium | Ginnunga-gap is described as the central abyss, the cleft of clefts or yawning gulf, in perpetual twilight. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR; lines 3614-3719 | high | The gods realize ordinary bonds cannot restrain Fenris and send Skirnir, Frey’s servant, to Svart-alfa-heim to ask the dwarfs to make a bond nothing can sever. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR; lines 3614-3719 | high | Quoted Eddic exchange: Loki says Fenris took Tyr’s right hand; Tyr replies, “I of a hand am wanting,” and says the wolf must remain in bonds until the gods’ destruction. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 456-592 | medium | Giants wage war against Buri and Börr; Börr marries Bestla; Odin, Vili, and Ve slay Ymir; Ymir's blood causes a deluge in which only Bergelmir escapes by boat with his wife. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 456-592 | high | Giants wage war against Buri and Börr; Börr marries Bestla; Odin, Vili, and Ve slay Ymir; Ymir's blood causes a deluge in which only Bergelmir escapes by boat with his wife. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 594-736 | high | Sköll and Hati pursue Sun and Moon, sometimes try to swallow them and cause eclipses; human noise makes them release the orbs; the passage connects the pursuit with final doom at Ragnarok. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 594-736 | medium | Sköll and Hati pursue Sun and Moon, sometimes try to swallow them and cause eclipses; human noise makes them release the orbs; the passage connects the pursuit with final doom at Ragnarok. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 6802-6953 | medium | Ægir is said to occasion and quiet tempests and, when appearing above the waves, to overturn vessels and drag them to the sea bottom. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8288-8420 | medium | The architect is revealed as a Hrim-thurs in disguise; Thor returns and slays him by hurling Miölnir into his face. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS; lines 8535-8655 | medium | Giants are described as the first creatures arising among icebergs in Ginnunga-gap and as rivals of the gods. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5320-5420 | medium | Circe describes the lower rock with a leafy fig tree and Charybdis beneath it, whose waters are expelled and sucked down three times daily; she advises steering near Scylla because losing six men is better than losing the whole crew. | record |
| Greek | Phaedrus | Phaedrus / PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION.; lines 961-1037 | medium | "In the endless maze of English law" there is no proper dividing or reuniting of parts; instead of a system there is "the Chaos of Anaxagoras" and no Mind or Order. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.; lines 16113-16273 | medium | Fires of worship are not fed; darkness spreads over the sun; cows, calves, and elephants act abnormally; planets, lunar stars, meteors, and Viśákhás appear ominous. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings.; lines 19771-19906 | medium | In a kingless land there is no thunder, lightning, or Parjanya’s rain; seed is not sown, sons strive against fathers, and husbands fail to rule wives. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys.; lines 20007-20169 | medium | The dream shows dry ocean, fallen moon, dead darkened world, opened earth, scorched trees, split smoking mountains, splintered tusks of the royal beast, and rekindled flames. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 29225-29359 | high | Khara's army sets out amid thunderclouds, blood-mixed water, stumbling horses, darkness, red sky, a vulture on the banner, predatory animals, and ominous voices. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight.; lines 29362-29521 | medium | Gods, saints, sages, and Gandharvas gather to watch, pray for the welfare of Brahmans, worlds, and cows, and ask that Ráma slay the fiends as the discus-bearer slew Asura chiefs; they note that twice seven thousand giants oppose Ráma alone. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle.; lines 29695-29863 | medium | Ráma’s flame-bright shafts kill the remnant demon crew; bodies, blood, and loosened hair cover the plain, which is compared to an altar, and the wood is compared to hell thick with mire, flesh, and gore. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30460-30640 | medium | Akampan claims Rāma could stop torrents, affect sky and stars, uphold or drown earth, restrain sea and wind, devastate the triple world, and create a new-born race. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30643-30752 | medium | Rávaṇ spurns law and right, desires others' wives, uses celestial arms, and loves to mar holy rites. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30643-30752 | medium | In anger he spoils Nandan, Naliní, and Chaitraratha, and raises his arms to check the moon and stay the rising sun. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.; lines 4218-4397 | medium | Viśvámitra says the area was once the fertile lands Malaja and Karúsha; Indra mourned there after slaying his friend Namuchi and was soiled with mud, clay, and stain. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love. / Canto XXIX. The Celestial Arms. / Canto XXXI. The Perfect Hermitage.; lines 4713-4843 | medium | Bali gains dominion over Indra and the three worlds; during Bali's sacrifice, the gods and Indra ask Vishṇu to use illusive art and assume a dwarfish form to rescue them. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLI. The Ruin Of The Grove. / Canto XLII. The Giants Roused. / Canto XLIII. The Ruin Of The Temple. / Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated.; lines 47327-47373 | medium | Hanuman roars, frightens the army, rushes on the foe, kills enemies with his body and nails, and the remnant flees from the grove. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Ruin Of The Temple. / Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains. / Canto XLVII. The Death Of Aksha.; lines 47440-47613 | medium | The war between the Vánar and the fiend amazes gods and Asurs; earth, wind, sun, thunder, and ocean respond with ominous disturbance. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 50186-50367 | high | Rama, skilled in signs of good and ill, embraces Lakshman and tells him to divide the host by the water's side, warning of danger to friends, Vanars, and bears. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53344-53513 | medium | Vibhishana identifies the figure as Kumbhakarna, son of Visravas; he says Kumbhakarna is mightier than gods and giants, defeated divine and serpent beings, and killed and ate a thousand men soon after birth. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIII. The Sone. / Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth.; lines 5492-5590 | medium | The sons obey, force their way through the earth, dig with hard iron tools, the earth groans, and monsters, giants, demons, fiends, and snakes die beneath their blows. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused. / Canto LXXIV. The Medicinal Herbs. / Canto LXXV. The Night Attack.; lines 55006-55121 | medium | “Not fiercer was the wondrous fight / When Vritra fell by Indra’s might.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXXVI. Bharat Consoled. / Canto CXXIX. The Meeting With Bharat. / Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX.; lines 57183-57268 | high | The gods tell Brahmá that Rávaṇa, protected by a boon, oppresses gods, sages, Yakshas, Gandharvas, Asuras, and humans; they describe the sun, winds, fire, and ocean as failing in his presence. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXXIX. The Meeting With Bharat. / Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN.; lines 57286-57377 | medium | The gods tell Brahman that Ravana, empowered by Brahman's boon, oppresses gods, sages, genii, celestial musicians, titans, and mortals; cosmic powers are checked by fear of him, and Kubera has been displaced. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL.; lines 57379-57463 | medium | The gods approach Brahma and complain that Ravana, empowered by Brahma's boon, oppresses gods, sages, yakshas, gandharvas, asuras, and humans; cosmic powers such as sun, wind, fire, and ocean are described as fearful or disturbed before him. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO.; lines 57501-57580 | medium | The gods report that Ravana misuses Brahma's boon, oppresses gods, ascetics, Yakshas, Gandharvas, Asuras, and humans, and so terrifies natural forces that the sun, wind, fire, and sea are affected. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES.; lines 57936-58038 | medium | In the boar avatar Vishnu rescues the earth from Hiranyaksha, who had carried it into the ocean depths; Vishnu dives into the abyss and slays the demon after a long contest. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58635-58745 | medium | Vritra is described as a demon or Asur and enemy of Indra in mythology; Vedic hymns present him as a cloud obstructing the sky and rain, whom Indra attacks with his thunderbolt, releasing waters and restoring the sun. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58747-58884 | medium | “On one side is the bright god of the heaven... on the other the demon of night and of darkness...” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 5908-6061 | high | Gangá, Himálaya’s child, hears the command, grows wrathful, and rushes down from the sky, intending to sweep Śiva into the deepest hell. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 63689-63846 | medium | The spouse of Rohiṇí is the Moon, and Ráhu is the demon who causes eclipses. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 64865-64999 | medium | Purandara, destroyer of cities, is explained as bursting cloud-cities with thunderbolts to release waters imprisoned by demons of drought. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65001-65150 | medium | Vritra is glossed as an obstructer of rain and as a demon or influence of darkness and drought; Indra battles it and shatters cloud-mountains or castles with a thunderbolt to release waters. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVII. Sumati. / Canto L. Janak. / Canto LIV. The Battle. / Canto LV. The Hermitage Burnt.; lines 7166-7341 | medium | After the other weapons fail, Viśvāmitra assails Vaśishṭha with Brahmā’s dart; gods led by Indra, nāgas, saints, minstrels, and the three worlds tremble with dread as it speeds. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK IV. / BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII.; lines 19308-19466 | low | Perplexities cause the soul to summon calculation and intelligence; the eye sees small and great confusedly, while the thinking mind separates them, producing the distinction between visible and intelligible. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 20259-20385 | medium | The inquiry asks how timocracy arises from aristocracy and states that political changes originate in divisions of the governing power. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 21268-21405 | medium | Anarchy gradually enters private houses and ends by getting among and infecting animals. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 3005-3079 | medium | The passage discusses contingent matter, knowledge, opinion, not-being as a dark and terrible apparition, Plato's attempt to bring order into the first chaos of human thought, and later clarification in the Theaetetus and Sophist. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4150-4239 | medium | The passage explains Plato’s analysis of vision: sense is treated as Heraclitean flux, confused like the half-awakened infant’s sight, and the mind tries to set this chaos in order through reason. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4395-4476 | high | A geometrical number contains the law of generation; when neglected, marriages are unpropitious, inferior offspring become rulers, education decays, and the metals form a chaotic mass. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 7640-7706 | medium | “the only measure by which the chaos of particulars could be reduced to rule and order.” | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 11155-11347 | medium | A tavern voice calls joyous drinkers to arise and fill a cup of wine before Fate fills the cup of existence. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 12711-12911 | medium | The Wheel of Heaven is described as never propitious, giving no lasting happiness, plunging the speaker into grief, multiplying griefs, and carrying away what it places below. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 12913-13101 | medium | Youth belongs to wine and beauty; “water once brought ruin to this world by annihilating it,” so the speaker chooses to drown in wine. | record |
| Greek | Symposium | Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 1240-1318 | medium | Phaedrus begins by saying Love is a mighty god, wonderful among gods and men, especially in birth, and eldest of the gods, with no recorded parents. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 13085-13141 | medium | Conchobar says the cry is very great, since the sky is still above, the earth beneath, and the sea around them. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 13442-13563 | medium | MacRoth surveys the plain of Meath and hears a rush, crash, clatter, and clash compared to the falling sky, breaking ocean, quaking earth, and falling forest. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 15087-15213 | medium | Conchobar asks the inner circle of the Red Branch to hold the battle line while he investigates; they vow not to retreat unless the heavens fall with stars, the ocean overwhelms the earth, or the ground opens, until he returns. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Theogony ll. 116-138 | high | "Verily at the first Chaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Earth... and dim Tartarus... and Eros (Love), fairest among the deathless gods..." | record |
| Maya/Kiche | The Popol Vuh | The First Book, wooden mannikins | medium | Hurakan passes over primeval night, calls out earth, and solid land appears while the chief gods take counsel. | record |
| Norse | The Poetic Edda | Voluspo 1-6 | high | Earth had not been, nor heaven above, / But a yawning gap, and grass nowhere. | record |
| Persian | Persian Literature, Volume 1 | Birth of Rustem; Simurgh aid, prodigious growth, and the white elephant feat | medium | The white elephant at Sistan gets loose by night, crushes people, and cannot be held back while Rustem forces his way past the guards. | record |