μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.)

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A125

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Samoa Henry 346.
Within the index

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

4 finer motifs beneath it
Goddess of war in shape of hag God with red beard God with gold teeth Beautiful goddess
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 Luminous god 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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