μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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 *Balys "Donner und Teufel in den Volkserzählungen der baltischen und skandinavischen Völker" Tautosakos Darbai VI (1939) 1–220.
Within the index

Filed under Conflicts of the gods.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Devil (ogre) steals thunder's instrumentsThunder and lightning slay devils
Filed beside it
Fight of the gods and giantsCombat between god of light and dragon of oceanBrahma cursed by other gods: now has no templesGod reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.)Battle between God's orderly (giant) and plagueSingle combat between godsRebellion of lesser gods against chief
Travels with
Thunderweapon. Stone weapons (axes) brought down by thunderbolt (from Thunder God)Man as helper of thundergodGod of thunderGod of lightning

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