God as shape-shifter

Motif

God as shape-shifter.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A120.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Nature and appearance of the gods. (Cf. A18f.)

Filed beside it

Size-changing god Incorporeal god Formless gods Stars as deities God half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati)Monstrous gods Luminous god Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.)Mutilated god Gods with animal features God in animal form Giant god. (Cf. A128.2.)Dwarf god Man-eating god (goddess)Gods with unusual transportation Pictorial representations of gods. (Cf. A131.)

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