Motif-Index of Southeast Asian Folk- Literature - Person2.sol.lu.se

A632. Succession of creations and caraclysms. Vietnam: Dang 1992 (Tai);*A634.Earlier conditions on earth. Vietnam: Dang 1992 (Sedang, Tai);*A634.1. Conditions on earth before world calamity. Vietnam: Dang 1992(Sedang, Tai);A651. Hierarchy of worlds. China: Bäcker 1988: 23 (Daghur);A651.1.4.*A651.1.13.*A651.3.3.A665.2.0.1.*A665.2.1.4.*A665.2.2.*A665.7.*A666.3.*A669.3.*A669.3.A671.2.11.Seven heavens. Laos: FTK 4: 7.h. (Kammu);The world has three levels. Laos: FTK 3: 14.I.A.a. (Kammu);Men live on the lowest of world's three levels. Laos: FTK 3: 14.I.A.a.(Kammu);Pillars supporting sky. Vietnam: Dang 1992 (Tai);Laos: FTK 6: 7.g.God gives culture heroes eight brass pillars to support the sky.Vietnam: Dang 1992 (Tai);Eight pillars support sky. Vietnam: Dang 1992 (Tai);Heaven has a foot. Laos: FTK 3: 14.I.A.a. (Kammu);Thread (as ladder) from heaven to earth: used by couple who wants toreturn to earth. Laos: FTK 4: 7.h. (Kammu);In upper world souls of the unborn are waiting to descend to earth.Laos: FTK 3: 1.b. (Kammu);Peep-hole in heaven's floor. Laos: FTK 4: 7.h. (Kammu);Birds made of iron in hell. Burma: Esche 1982 p. 122 (Mon);A714.2. Sun and moon placed in top of tree. China: Bäcker 1988: 16(Manchu);A714.7.Sun and moon as eyes of Rama. China: Bäcker 1988: 1 (Manchu);*A720.1.1. Formerly ten suns. China: Eberhard 1976: 18;A720.2.*A720.3.Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind. Laos:FTK 6: 1.a.Two suns make it so hot that all people die. Laos: FTK 6: 1.a.(Kammu);6