Comparative mythology corpus

Sacred Fire and Divine Light

161 tagged occurrences across 15 traditions.

Fire as divine presence, purifying force, sacrificial medium, or cosmic principle. Includes the burning bush, Agni, sacred hearth fires, and fire as the element that mediates between human and divine.

161total occurrences

96child motifs

15traditions present

900 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range

Strongest Child Motifs

Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship 65 Sacred Fire 2 Cannibal Predator In Elevated Tree Dwelling Defeated By Hidden Fire 1 Civic Evil As Uncontrolled Fire 1 Divine Illumination As Dawn 1 Eternal Sacred Fire Tended By Priestesses 1 Extinguishing And Perfecting Divine Light 1 Fiery Origin Of Djinn 1 Fire As Revenge Against A Rival Bride And Royal House 1 Fire Beneath The Sea 1

Densest Traditions

Comparative 28 Hindu 24 Islamic 20 Greek 17 Roman 15 Sufi 12 Finnish/Karelian 11 Buddhist 7

Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

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Child Motif	Relationship	Occurrences	Traditions
Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	mapped	65	12
Sacred Fire	canonical_group	2	1
Cannibal Predator In Elevated Tree Dwelling Defeated By Hidden Fire	functional_variant	1	1
Civic Evil As Uncontrolled Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Illumination As Dawn	symbolic_variant	1	1
Eternal Sacred Fire Tended By Priestesses	ritual_variant	1	1
Extinguishing And Perfecting Divine Light	symbolic_variant	1	1
Fiery Origin Of Djinn	symbolic_variant	1	1
Fire As Revenge Against A Rival Bride And Royal House	functional_variant	1	1
Fire Beneath The Sea	symbolic_variant	1	1
Fire From The Green Tree As Sign Of Creative Power	symbolic_variant	1	1
Fire Purgation Before Approaching A Ruler	ritual_variant	1	1
Fire Purification At Thresholds Of Encounter	ritual_variant	1	1
Fire Subdued By Sacred Or Animal Power	functional_variant	1	1
Holy Death By Fire	ritual_variant	1	1
Imitative Or Coercive Fire Directed Toward The Sky	ritual_variant	1	1
Making Sunshine By Sympathetic Fire, Heat, Or Solar Imitation	ritual_variant	1	1
Miraculous Fire Boundary Around The Buddha	symbolic_variant	1	1
Need Fire Generated By Friction Of Prescribed Woods	ritual_variant	1	1
Portable Sacred Fire Preserving Continuity Between Homeland And Colony	ritual_variant	1	1
Prayer For Divine Protective Fire	functional_variant	1	1
Ritual Fire Used After Spirit Expulsion	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Rekindling Of A Threatened Celestial Light	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Domestic Hearth As Center Of Household Worship And Protection	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Fire Kindled From Sacred Wood	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Fire Rekindled From Deity's Object	ritual_variant	1	1
Solar Deity As Cosmic Sustainer	child	1	1
Solar Emergence From Cloud Or Darkness	symbolic_variant	1	1
Solar Fire Of Disciplined Individual Art	uncertain	1	1
Successive Swallowing Of A Dangerous Fiery Object By Fish	over_specific_label	1	1
Sun Confined And Released From A Tower	folded_child_motif	1	1
Sunlight Petrifies Beings Of Darkness Or Fog	folded_child_motif	1	1
Temple As National Hearth	symbolic_variant	1	1
Torch Bearing Ritual Race	ritual_variant	1	1
Unextinguishable Divine Light	symbolic_variant	1	1
Unquenchable Divine Light Opposed By Unbelievers	symbolic_variant	1	1
Woman Figured As Purifying Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
World Illuminating Sacred Body	symbolic_variant	1	1
Burning Animals Or Bones In The Easter Fire	ritual_variant	1	1
Cloud Fire Guidance	child	1	1
Cosmic Light Threatened By Divine Grief	symbolic_variant	1	1
Creator Makes Replacement Heavenly Fire	functional_variant	1	1
Dangerous Fire Contained In A Fish	symbolic_variant	1	1
Destructive Enchanted Birds With Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Disguised Figure Extinguishing Ritual Fire	uncertain	1	1
Divine Light Resisted But Perfected	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Radiance Around The Head	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Transformation Of Fire And Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
Domestic Fire Kindling As Household Duty	ritual_variant	1	1
Faithful Sufferers And Fiery Ordeal	functional_variant	1	1
Fire Deity Accompanying Procession	ritual_variant	1	1
Fire Encountered As Guide To Revelation	functional_variant	1	1
Guarding An Ever Burning Sacred Flame	ritual_variant	1	1
Hermitage Recognized By Fire And Smoke	symbolic_variant	1	1
Heroic Radiance Attracts Dangerous Outsider	symbolic_variant	1	1
Hidden Fire Seed As Image Of Preserved Life	symbolic_variant	1	1
Humiliating Attack On Animal Tail Becomes Destructive Fire	functional_variant	1	1
Imitative Magic Through Fiery Sun Images	ritual_variant	1	1
Immortality Test By Fire	ritual_variant	1	1
Light As Divine Or Faith Allegory	symbolic_variant	1	1
Light Entering An Enclosed House	uncertain	1	1
Luminous Nature And Sacred Fire Imagery	symbolic_variant	1	1
Luminous Plants Holding Solar Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Marvelous Or Fiery Bodily Attribute	symbolic_variant	1	1
New Fire Generated By Paired Specialists	ritual_variant	1	1
Personified Mystical Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Poetic Fire As Animating Force	symbolic_variant	1	1
Preservation Of Sacred Or Poetic Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Protective And Purifying Fire Or Smoke	ritual_variant	1	1
Protective Fire Responding To A Faithful Woman's Prayer	functional_variant	1	1
Purifying And Protective Fire For People And Livestock	ritual_variant	1	1
Quenched War Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Radiance Spreading From Holy Tomb	symbolic_variant	1	1
Released Animal Carrying Destructive Fire	heuristic_keyword_match	1	1
Ritual Fire At A Goddess Sanctuary	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Fire Made Under Metal Prohibition	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Fire Or Torch Custom Associated With A Deity	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Passage Of Cattle Through Fire	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Fire Guarded By Ritual Restriction	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Fire Turned Into Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Fire Weapon Repelling Hostile Missiles	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Fires In Ritual And Funerary Order	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Hermitage With Maintained Fire	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Light Dependent On Saintly Taper	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Mountain Smoke Explained By Burning Of Celestial Gift	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Power Imagined As Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Self Consuming Destructive Fire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Small Light Overcomes Encompassing Darkness	symbolic_variant	1	1
Solar Deity's Three Step Course	narrower_than	1	1
Solar Hero Marked By Radiance And Golden Armour	symbolic_variant	1	1
Special Production Of Ritual Fire By Wood Friction	ritual_variant	1	1
Sun As Reflection Of Divine Glory	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sun As Source Of Illumination And Growth	folded_child_motif	1	1
Sympathetic Fire Charm To Summon The Absent	ritual_variant	1	1
Threatening Fire At The Boundary Of The Camp	symbolic_variant	1	1
Unconsumed Or Non Burning Flame Imagery	symbolic_variant	1	1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.

Comparative 28 Hindu 24 Islamic 20 Greek 17 Roman 15 Sufi 12 Finnish/Karelian 11 Buddhist 7 Celtic Irish 7 Norse 7 Greek/Roman 6 Biblical 3 Islamicate Folklore 2 Indigenous Australian 1 Japanese 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

28 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (4), Fire Purgation Before Approaching A Ruler (1), Fire Purification At Thresholds Of Encounter (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) and The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 28 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 2973-3029	medium	Sacred Fire Guarded By Ritual Restriction	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3827-3890	medium	Fire Purification At Thresholds Of Encounter	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3892-3959	high	Fire Purgation Before Approaching A Ruler	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4104-4157	medium	Sacred Power Imagined As Fire	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4219-4263	medium	Ritual Fire Made Under Metal Prohibition	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 2602-2647	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 355-440	high	Ritual Fire At A Goddess Sanctuary	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 705-773	high	Imitative Or Coercive Fire Directed Toward The Sky	record

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Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

24 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (7), Fire Beneath The Sea (1), Holy Death By Fire (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki and Maha-bharata. This is a deterministic summary of 24 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Maha-bharata	CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH VERSE / THE EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA / BOOK I / ASTRA DARSANA; lines 266-412	medium	Solar Hero Marked By Radiance And Golden Armour	record
Maha-bharata	SRADDHA / BOOK XII / ASWA-MEDHA / CONCLUSION; lines 6719-6801	high	Holy Death By Fire	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto CVIII. The Battle. / Canto CIX. The Battle. / Canto CXIV. Vibhishan Consecrated. / Canto CXVI. The Meeting.; lines 55883-56065	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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	high	Sacred Fire Weapon Repelling Hostile Missiles	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 49276-49447	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 23088-23203	medium	Luminous Nature And Sacred Fire Imagery	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage. / Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 23639-23817	medium	Hermitage Recognized By Fire And Smoke	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage. / Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting.; lines 23820-23971	high	Sacred Hermitage With Maintained Fire	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter.; lines 28531-28684	medium	Heroic Radiance Attracts Dangerous Outsider	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52409-52579	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains. / Canto XLVII. The Death Of Aksha. / Canto LIII. The Punishment.; lines 47737-47909	high	Protective Fire Responding To A Faithful Woman's Prayer	record
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	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.; lines 51281-51416	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65395-65547	medium	Fire Beneath The Sea	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65395-65547	high	Woman Figured As Purifying Fire	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65549-65703	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 66088-66271	high	Solar Deity As Cosmic Sustainer	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62817-62940	high	Solar Deity's Three Step Course	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58887-59007	medium	Luminous Plants Holding Solar Fire	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58887-59007	medium	Unconsumed Or Non Burning Flame Imagery	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59390-59483	medium	Solar Emergence From Cloud Or Darkness	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59485-59576	high	Humiliating Attack On Animal Tail Becomes Destructive Fire	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59578-59724	high	Sacred Fires In Ritual And Funerary Order	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO.; lines 64295-64428	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record

Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

20 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (10), Extinguishing And Perfecting Divine Light (1), Fiery Origin Of Djinn (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 20 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 12006-12093	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER LX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 35949-36032	high	Unquenchable Divine Light Opposed By Unbelievers	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24306-24395	medium	Fire Encountered As Guide To Revelation	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28211-28268	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28631-28720	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	ENTITLED, THE TRUE BELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26236-26325	medium	Light As Divine Or Faith Allegory	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	ENTITLED, Y. S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31094-31213	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXV. / ENTITLED, THE CELESTIAL SIGNS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38191-38267	medium	Faithful Sufferers And Fiery Ordeal	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IX.; lines 17960-18035	high	Unextinguishable Divine Light	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVI. / ENTITLED, Y. S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 30894-30975	medium	Fire From The Green Tree As Sign Of Creative Power	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 11663-11812	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 14942-15074	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 19896-20006	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21366-21498	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21966-22110	high	Divine Light Resisted But Perfected	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 22363-22471	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 25240-25356	medium	Extinguishing And Perfecting Divine Light	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 26203-26315	high	Quenched War Fire	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6881-7048	high	Fiery Origin Of Djinn	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 8518-8693	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record

Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

17 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (7), Civic Evil As Uncontrolled Fire (1), Torch Bearing Ritual Race (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Iliad and The Republic. This is a deterministic summary of 17 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE / THE EAGLE AND THE COCKS / THE ESCAPED JACKDAW / THE FARMER AND THE FOX; lines 3167-3178	high	Released Animal Carrying Destructive Fire	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1532-1621	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12542-12674	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21072-21199	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Iliad	CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1209-1300	high	Poetic Fire As Animating Force	record
The Iliad	CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1764-1850	medium	Preservation Of Sacred Or Poetic Fire	record
The Iliad	THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23698-23815	high	Immortality Test By Fire	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Iliad	THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS. / BOOK IX. / ARGUMENT. / THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.; lines 9012-9150	medium	Threatening Fire At The Boundary Of The Camp	record
The Iliad	THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS. / BOOK IX. / ARGUMENT. / THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.; lines 9744-9875	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2289-2384	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2655-2691	medium	Hidden Fire Seed As Image Of Preserved Life	record
The Republic	BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 20975-21105	medium	Civic Evil As Uncontrolled Fire	record
The Republic	INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. / THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I.; lines 8632-8770	high	Torch Bearing Ritual Race	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1543-1614	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4091-4148	medium	Sun As Source Of Illumination And Growth	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 8401-8479	high	Sun As Reflection Of Divine Glory	record

Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

15 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (10), Fire As Revenge Against A Rival Bride And Royal House (1), Cosmic Light Threatened By Divine Grief (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Aeneid of Virgil and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII. This is a deterministic summary of 15 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5716-5801	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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 8040-8120	medium	Sacred Fire Turned Into Weapon	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 2749-2841	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3131-3185	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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 4596-4688	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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 4862-4943	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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 4945-4992	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	NOTES / BOOK FIRST / BOOK SECOND / BOOK THIRD; lines 8715-8746	low	Light Entering An Enclosed House	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Aeneid of Virgil	THE END. / NOTES / BOOK FIRST / BOOK SECOND; lines 8695-8712	medium	Divine Radiance Around The Head	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11584-11674	high	Fire As Revenge Against A Rival Bride And Royal House	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3266-3355	medium	Cosmic Light Threatened By Divine Grief	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4013-4051	low	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1128-1209	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9935-10029	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record

Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

12 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (5), Divine Illumination As Dawn (1), Divine Transformation Of Fire And Water (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mesnevi and Mystics and Saints of Islam. This is a deterministic summary of 12 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Mystics and Saints of Islam	CHAPTER XIV / JALALUDDIN RUMI / CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI; lines 4896-4988	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Confessions of Al Ghazzali	THE AIM OF SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY AND ITS RESULTS / DIVISIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHIC SCIENCES / SUFISM / THE REALITY OF INSPIRATION: ITS IMPORTANCE FOR THE HUMAN RACE; lines 1219-1307	medium	Self Consuming Destructive Fire	record
The Mesnevi	CHAPTER IV. / CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII.; lines 4819-4951	high	Small Light Overcomes Encompassing Darkness	record
The Mesnevi	FROM THE WORK ENTITLED / THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II.; lines 813-935	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Mesnevi	OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 6225-6332	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Mesnevi	OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7247-7354	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Mesnevi	OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 8425-8533	medium	Divine Transformation Of Fire And Water	record
The Mesnevi	SELECTED ANECDOTES / FROM THE WORK ENTITLED / THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I.; lines 593-714	high	Radiance Spreading From Holy Tomb	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Mesnevi	THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 2555-2683	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Mesnevi	THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 2685-2821	medium	Sacred Light Dependent On Saintly Taper	record
The Mesnevi	XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15261-15423	high	Sympathetic Fire Charm To Summon The Absent	record
The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí	REMEMBER GOD AND FORGET SELF / MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY / THE BELOVED THE DIVINE CONSOLER / THE SEA OF LOVE; lines 1032-1045	medium	Divine Illumination As Dawn	record

Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

11 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (6), Prayer For Divine Protective Fire (1), Successive Swallowing Of A Dangerous Fiery Object By Fish (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14739-14905	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14739-14905	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21885-22076	medium	Prayer For Divine Protective Fire	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23372-23562	medium	Creator Makes Replacement Heavenly Fire	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23564-23746	high	Successive Swallowing Of A Dangerous Fiery Object By Fish	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23564-23746	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23748-23933	high	Dangerous Fire Contained In A Fish	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 12583-12764	high	Domestic Fire Kindling As Household Duty	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1501-1670	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8955-9137	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record

Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

7 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (3), Fire Subdued By Sacred Or Animal Power (1), Miraculous Fire Boundary Around The Buddha (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 13949-14322	medium	Fire Subdued By Sacred Or Animal Power	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 12321-12478	high	Miraculous Fire Boundary Around The Buddha	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 12612-12668	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 17304-17417	medium	Personified Mystical Fire	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4365-4434	high	World Illuminating Sacred Body	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4522-4607	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5759-5862	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record

Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

7 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (4), Solar Fire Of Disciplined Individual Art (1), Destructive Enchanted Birds With Fire (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge. This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR / PART TWO: THE FIANNA. / BOOK ONE: FINN, SON OF CUMHAL. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN; lines 5888-5976	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2411-2509	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH / CHAPTER IV. THE HIDDEN HOUSE OF LUGH; lines 2571-2647	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE; lines 9646-9708	high	Destructive Enchanted Birds With Fire	record
Gods and Fighting Men	PART ONE. BOOKS ONE, TWO, AND THREE / BOOK FOUR / THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES / PART TWO. THE FIANNA; lines 15633-15803	low	Marvelous Or Fiery Bodily Attribute	record
Gods and Fighting Men	WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 329-417	medium	Solar Fire Of Disciplined Individual Art	record
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 14413-14505	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record

Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

7 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (6), Sunlight Petrifies Beings Of Darkness Or Fog (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8051-8171	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7824-7975	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9430-9545	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 456-592	medium	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
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	high	Sunlight Petrifies Beings Of Darkness Or Fog	record

Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Eternal Sacred Fire Tended By Priestesses (1), Portable Sacred Fire Preserving Continuity Between Homeland And Colony (1), Sacred Domestic Hearth As Center Of Household Worship And Protection (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	JUNO. / PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS.; lines 1569-1632	high	Portable Sacred Fire Preserving Continuity Between Homeland And Colony	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	JUNO. / PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS.; lines 1569-1632	high	Sacred Domestic Hearth As Center Of Household Worship And Protection	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS. / VESTA.; lines 1634-1698	high	Eternal Sacred Fire Tended By Priestesses	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS. / VESTA.; lines 1634-1698	high	Temple As National Hearth	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	ROMAN FESTIVALS. / SATURNALIA. / CEREALIA. / VESTALIA.; lines 6521-6561	high	Guarding An Ever Burning Sacred Flame	record

Biblical

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Biblical, this family appears through Sacred Fire (2), Cloud Fire Guidance (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Exodus and Leviticus. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Exodus	Exodus 3:1-15	medium	Sacred Fire	record
Leviticus	Leviticus 1:3-9	medium	Sacred Fire	record
Numbers	Numbers 9:15-23	medium	Cloud Fire Guidance	record

Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship (2). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2400-2513	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2739-2840	high	Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship	record

Indigenous Australian

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Indigenous Australian, this family appears through Cannibal Predator In Elevated Tree Dwelling Defeated By Hidden Fire (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1741-1837	high	Cannibal Predator In Elevated Tree Dwelling Defeated By Hidden Fire	record

Japanese

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Japanese, this family appears through Sacred Mountain Smoke Explained By Burning Of Celestial Gift (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3062-3176	high	Sacred Mountain Smoke Explained By Burning Of Celestial Gift	record

Converges

Shared Structure

The strongest convergence is around Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship. These child motifs recur across several tradition clusters and give the family its shared structure.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Comparative leans toward Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship; Indigenous Australian leans toward Cannibal Predator In Elevated Tree Dwelling Defeated By Hidden Fire; Greek leans toward Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship; Biblical leans toward Sacred Fire; Roman leans toward Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship; Finnish/Karelian leans toward Funeral Fire Seen From The Departing Ship.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.

ca. 900-400 BCE

Pentateuch

Biblical - Ancient Israelite Torah composition and redaction - 3 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 24 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 17 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 17 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 7 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 24 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 20 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 7 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 7 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 11 tagged occurrences

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World Axis and Sacred Center

Sacrifice and Offering

Theophany and Divine Manifestation

World Ages and Cosmic Decline

Enchanting Music and Sound Power

Timeline

Pentateuch

The Upanishads

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

The Iliad

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Gods and Fighting Men

The Poetic Edda

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland