Culture hero (divinity) returns

Motif

Culture hero (divinity) returns.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Culture hero's (divinity's) expected return. · view the constellation · filed as A581

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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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Culture hero's (divinity's) expected return. Divinity or hero is expected to return at the proper time and rescue his people from their misfortunes. Often joined with A571.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Culture hero returns and assists mortals Culture hero returns and aids followers in battle Culture hero returns to prove power of saint

Travels with

Return from dead to repeat forgotten epic. (Cf. A581, J1563.7.)

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