μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Luminous god.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A124

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 129 (Balder)
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

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

6 finer motifs beneath it
God with luminous countenance God with blazing eye White god Goddess with body full of fire God's radiance upon Moses' face God in form of comet
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) Monstrous gods 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.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
God represented as meteor. (Cf. A124.)

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