Death of the gods — Mythoi

Motif

Death of the gods.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Gods – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as A192.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Paradise 7
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXVIII XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXXII XXXII. The Ritual of Adonis
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXXIII XXXIII. The Gardens of Adonis
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CXCIII

Filed across the traditions

Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 340ff. (at the Doom)
Irish myth Cross
India Thompson-Balys
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 110
Tahiti Henry 231
Chinese Werner 99, Eberhard FFC CXX 141 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter IV
Africa Bouveignes 12.

Within the index

Filed under Death or departure of the gods.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Old god slain by young god God killed and eaten

Filed beside it

Departure of gods Expected return of deity Divinity becomes mortal

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Annual resuscitation of a god. (Cf. A192.1.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

God with many eyes Banquets of the gods Fight of the gods and giants Resurrection of gods Star-god Goddess of north star Rank of the gods in Hades Door-gods Kitchen-gods God of happiness God of wealth Goddess of mercy

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