Sky-god.
Mythological motifs. · Gods. · Gods of the upper world. · Sky-god. · view the constellation · filed as A210
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK I, ch. I
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK I, ch. IX
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XII
- Mesopotamian The Epic of Gilgamish , Tablet I OF. THE TYRANNY OF GILGAMISH, AND THE CREATION OF ENKIDU.
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVIII LXVIII. The Golden Bough
Filed across the traditions
- Babylonian Spence 76, 121ff.
- Hindu Keith 21, 24 (Dyaus, Varuna)
- India Thompson-Balys
- Icel. De la Saussaye 243 (Tiu)
- Irish myth Cross. – Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 583ff.
- Hawaii Beckwith Myth 114, 294
- Africa (Luba) Donohugh V 180.
- general *Cook Zeus
- general *Cook Classical Review XVII 270, XVIII 365, FL XV 301, XVI 260
- general *Hommel "Der allgegenwärtige Himmelsgott" Archiv f. Religionsgeschichte XXIII 193
- general *Koch Der römische Juppiter (Frankfurt a. M. 1937). Greek: Fox 152 (Zeus)
- general Much Der germanische Himmelsgott, Finno-Ugric: *Holmberg Finno-Ugric 217ff.
Within the index
3 finer motifs beneath it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
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