μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Gods with animal features.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A131

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Cited in the index
  • general *De Visser Die nicht menschengestaltigen Götter der Griechen (Leiden 1903). – Egyptian: Müller 15ff. – Mexican: Alexander Lat. Am. 57ff. – Irish myth: Cross.
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Filed under Nature and appearance of the gods. (Cf. A18f.)

8 finer motifs beneath it
God as part man, part fish God with elephant's face Deity with animal's head God in tiger's skin God with goat-feet Horned god Winged god Goddess with pig's teeth
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 Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) Mutilated god 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.)
Pictorial representations of gods. (Cf. A131.)

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