μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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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.

  • general *De Visser Die nicht menschengestaltigen Götter der Griechen (Leiden 1903). – Egyptian: Müller 15ff. – Mexican: Alexander Lat. Am. 57ff. – Irish myth: Cross.
Within the index

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

8 finer motifs beneath it
God as part man, part fishGod with elephant's faceDeity with animal's headGod in tiger's skinGod with goat-feetHorned godWinged godGoddess with pig's teeth
Filed beside it
God as shape-shifterSize-changing godIncorporeal godFormless godsStars as deitiesGod half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati)Monstrous godsLuminous godDeity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.)Mutilated godGod in animal formGiant god. (Cf. A128.2.)Dwarf godMan-eating god (goddess)Gods with unusual transportationPictorial representations of gods. (Cf. A131.)
Travels with
Pictorial representations of gods. (Cf. A131.)

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