Pictorial representations of gods. (Cf. A131.) — Mythoi

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Pictorial representations of gods. (Cf. A131.)

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Nature and appearance of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A137

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

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

18 finer motifs beneath it

God with hammer God with club God with wheel God (goddess) with basket God (goddess) with cornucopia Squatting god The bull with three cranes. (Cf. A132.6.) Small-pox deity rides nude on an ass with the half of a winnowing fan for an umbrella and with a swing in one hand and a broom in the other Goddess represented as mounted on a drake, attended by eight chief snakes attended by snake jewels God represented as king, world as his kingdom God represented in cloud God represented as bridegroom God represented as priest God represented with weapon God represented on high throne surrounded by angels God represented as meteor. (Cf. A124.) God represented as among seven sheaths of fire God with long white beard and white moustache

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 Giant god. (Cf. A128.2.) Dwarf god Man-eating god (goddess) Gods with unusual transportation

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Gods with animal features

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