God of heaven. (Cf. A210.)
Mythological motifs. · Gods. · Gods of the upper world. · Sky-god. · view the constellation · filed as A211
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 4
- Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 14
- Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
- Ancient Egyptian The Egyptian Book of the Dead , Chapter CLXXI
Filed across the traditions
- Icel. De la Saussaye 233 (Odin)
- Jewish Neuman
- Armenian Ananikian 11, 14, 37
- Chinese Werner 331, Graham → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XIV
- Hindu Penzer III 257, IV 177 n. 1. – African: Werner African 127. – Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 80 ("Father Heaven")
- Hivaoa (Marquesas) Handy 133.
- general Gaster Thespis 122f. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 390
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