Gods as culture heroes

Motif

Gods as culture heroes.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Nature of the culture hero (demigod). · view the constellation · filed as A520.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

HawaiianLegends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes, VV.
Depth CommentaryTotem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics, Chapter IV
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part I — CHAPTER I

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.

HawaiiBeckwith Myth 16, chap. 2 passim.

Within the index

Filed under Nature of the culture hero (demigod).

Filed beside it

Culture hero as dupe or trickster Animal as culture hero Giant as culture hero Extraordinary possessions of culture hero Good and bad culture heroes Physical characteristics of culture hero (demigod)Special powers of culture hero Culture hero has supernatural helpers

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