μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sun-god.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · Gods of the upper world. · Sun-god. · view the constellation · filed as A220

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Egyptian Müller 24ff., 129 (Amon)
  • Babylonian Spence 109ff., 187, 189
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Armenian Ananikian, 11, 33, 37, 43
  • Finno-Ugric Holmberg Finno-Ugric 223
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 422
  • Chinese Ferguson 90
  • Russian Máchal 273, 297, 299
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 735. – Navaho: Alexander N. Am. 165
  • general **Frobenius Das Zeitalter des Sonnengottes (Berlin 1904)
  • general Smith Dragon viii
  • general Montelius FL XXI (1909) 60
  • general Krappe "The Anatolian Lion God" JAOS LXV (1945) 144–154
  • general Krappe "Apollon" Studi i Materiali di Storia delle Religioni XIX–XX (1943–1946)
  • general *Koch Gestirnverehrung im alten Italien (Frankfurt a. M. 1933). – Greek: Gaster Thespis 127, 205, 339f., Fox 241 (Helios)
  • general Persian, Hindu: Keith 24–29, 232
  • general Pima: ibid. 176
  • general (Pawnee and Plains in general): ibid. 81, 87
  • general Huichol: Alexander Lat. Am. 121.
Within the index
9 finer motifs beneath it
Sun-god commits adultery Sun-god couples with the moon Sun-goddess The sun-god and his family Sun-father Sun-god bitten by snake, leaves earth for heaven Son of the sun Sun father-in-law Two sun-gods
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Sun as deity. (Cf. A220.) Worship of the sun. (Cf. A220.)

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