>>56982692Elements that connect gods, humans, and Pokémon
・Flood-type brother and sister ancestor myth/Failed birth type
In the flood-type brother and sister ancestor myth, the brother and sister give birth to crippled children such as melons, gourds, and lumps of meat, as well as animals. It is also called the failed birth type.
・Flood-type brother and sister ancestor myth/Aquatic animal type
Among the flood-type brother-sister ancestor myths, this is an element in which the brother and sister give birth to aquatic creatures in particular. Usually, they give birth to aquatic animals the first and second time, and humans the third time.
-Flood-type brother-sister ancestor myth/struggle cause type
Among the flood-type brother-sister ancestor myths, this is a type in which a flood occurs due to a conflict between the upper thunder god and the lower earth god (mythical early man, ancestor), and in most cases the thunder god is the cause of rain and floods. In Valk's classification, this is called the cosmic struggle type or the cosmic struggle flood type.
-Animals play an active role/solar eclipse myth/animal rescue type
A solar eclipse myth in which the sun, trapped by an evil god, is rescued by gods, heroes, animals, etc., and the world becomes bright again.
Story/episode
-Heroic tale/Perseus-Andromeda type
A heroic myth in which a hero defeats a monster and rescues a captured maiden. Although it varies by region, generally speaking, the people of a certain region are plagued by dragons, snakes, or monsters, and are forced to make regular human sacrifices (usually virgins). When the king's daughter is finally sacrificed, a young man (hero) appears and rescues her, and is rewarded with a princess.
・Forms of marriage and divine marriage
Myths in which the father of the girl or the girl herself gives the man a task, test, or trial, and the man marries the girl if he solves it.
