μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

God in animal form.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A132

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Chibcha Alexander Lat. Am. 204 (fox, bear)
  • Irish myth Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese *Krappe "Far Eastern Fox Lore" CFQ III (1944) 124ff.
  • Jewish Neuman.
  • general *De Visser Die nicht menschengestaltigen Götter der Griechen (Leiden, 1903). – Egyptian: Müller 15ff.
Within the index

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

16 finer motifs beneath it
God in successive animal forms Snake-god Monkey as god Equine god (goddess) Stag-god Bear-god (goddess) Bird deity Swine-god Dog (wolf)-god Bull-god Tiger-god Seal-god Eel-god Fish-god Ram-god God as tortoise
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 Gods with animal features 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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