Monstrous gods

Motif

Monstrous gods.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A123

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationParadise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Book 11
GreekThe Odyssey, Book XIII
Literary CrystallizationFour Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee, The Winter's Tale Act 3
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 43XLII. THE ATTACK ON THE GIANT ELK ™
Literary CrystallizationParadise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Book 1

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JewishNeuman.

Within the index

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

11 finer motifs beneath it

God monstrous as to body God unusual as to face God unusual as to eyes God monstrous as to head God unusual as to arms God unusual at to legs (feet)God unusual as to color Goddess with one-and-a-half buttocks Lotus plants grow from navel of Vishnu God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon God with tail

Filed beside it

God as shape-shifter 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)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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