Giant god. (Cf. A128.2.)

Motif

Giant god. (Cf. A128.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A133

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter IXIX. The Worship of Trees
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 3, Canto 65
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 6, Canto 59
HawaiianLegends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes, 18PELE AND THE OWh GHOST-GOD
NorseThe Poetic Edda, HYMISKVITHAHYMISKVITHA

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

Irish mythCross
India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

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

3 finer motifs beneath it

Giant god drinks lakes dry. (Indra)Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south Giant orderly of the gods

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 God in animal form Dwarf god Man-eating god (goddess)Gods with unusual transportation Pictorial representations of gods. (Cf. A131.)

Travels with

One-eyed god. Odin

wander