Mythological motifs

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• God of double sex carries within him seed of gods. A111.3.0.1
• God dwells with his grandfathers. A111.3.1
• Sea creatures as ancestors of goddess. A111.3.2
• Great bird as ancestor of gods. A111.3.3
• Birth of gods. A112
• God from incestuous union. A112.1
• God from father-daughter incest. Adonis. A112.1.1
• Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). A112.1.1.1
• Male and female creators beget gods. A112.2
• Gods born from various parts of creator's body. A112.3
• God as son of giant. A112.4
• God as son of giantess. A112.4.1
• Goddess as daughter of giant. A112.4.2
• God as son of nine giantesses. A112.5
• Gods as sons of supreme god. A112.6
• God born from peculiar part of parent's body. A112.7
• God born from mother's ear. A112.7.1
• God born from mother's armpit. A112.7.2
• Goddess born from mother's eyes. A112.7.3
• God born after prematurely short pregnancy. A112.7.4
• God from adulterous union. A112.8
• Gods borne by human woman. A112.9
• Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
• Divine child cast out at birth. A112.10
• Child born from union of God with hen. A112.11
• Totemistic gods. Gods which have animal associations; e.g., Athena with the owl, Venus with the sparrow. A113
• Gods born from object. A114
• Deity born from sea-foam. Aphrodite. A114.1
• Goddess born from sweat of rock washed by sea. A114.1.1
• God born of another god's sweat. A114.1.1.1
• Origin of lesser gods from spittle of great god. A114.1.1.2
• God born from egg. A114.2
• Deity born in shape of egg. A114.2.1
• Deity born from skull. A114.3
• Deity born from tree. A114.4
• Emergence of deity. A115
• First deity grows out of primeval chaos. A115.1
• God issues from earth. A115.2
• Deity arises from mist. A115.3
• Deity emerges from darkness of underworld. A115.4
• Emergence of gods from above and below. A115.5
• Deity arises from shell of darkness where he has been for million ages. A115.6
• Gods emerge from hole in tree. A115.7
• Twin gods. A116
• Twin gods – one mortal, other immortal. A116.1
• Twin goddesses (or trinity of goddesses). A116.2
• Twin daughters of a god. A116.2.1
• Mortals become gods. A117
• First men created with eternal life become gods. A117.1
• Mortal translated to heaven and deified. A117.2
• In extreme old age spirits become gods. A117.3
• Mortal transfigured to god on mountain top. A117.4
• Gods are spirits of deified dead. A117.5
• Self-created deity. A118
• Origin of gods – miscellaneous. A119
• God made by magic. A119.1
• Goddess produced by heat of earth. A119.2
• Arrival of the gods in particular country. A119.3
• Nature and appearance of the gods. (Cf. A18f.) A120
• God as shape-shifter. A120.1
• Size-changing god. A120.2
• Incorporeal god. A120.3
• Formless gods. A120.4
• Stars as deities. A121
• Moon as deity. (Cf. A240.) A121.1
• Sun as deity. (Cf. A220.) A121.2
• God half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati). A122
• Monstrous gods. A123
• God monstrous as to body. A123.1
• Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
• God with two joined bodies. A123.1.2
• God with good looking and ugly bodies. A123.1.3
• God with body of earthquake (whirlwind, etc.). A123.1.4
• God with body of caterpillars. A123.1.5
• God with body of stream of blood. A123.1.6
• Goddess with three supernatural bodies: fire, cliff, sea. A123.1.7
• God unusual as to face. A123.2
• God with many faces. A123.2.1
• God with two faces. A123.2.1.1
• God with three faces. A123.2.1.2
• God with four faces. A123.2.1.3
• God with five faces. A123.2.1.4
• God with six faces. A123.2.1.5
• God's unusual mouth. A123.2.2
• Maggots squirm from mouth of man-eating god. A123.2.2.1
• Goddess with eight mouths. A123.2.2.2
• God unusual as to eyes. A123.3
• God with many eyes. A123.3.1
• Three-eyed god. A123.3.1.1
• God with hundred eyes. A123.3.1.2
• God with thirteen eyes. A123.3.1.3
• God with thousand eyes. A123.3.1.4
• Goddess with thousand eyes. A123.3.1.4.1
• God with flashing eyes. A123.3.2
• God monstrous as to head. A123.4
• God with many heads. A123.4.1
• God with three heads. A123.4.1.1
• God with seven heads. A123.4.1.2
• God with eight heads. A123.4.1.3
• God with head of stone. A123.4.2
• God unusual as to arms. A123.5
• God with many arms. Siva has ten arms. A123.5.1
• Marvels concerning God's arm and fingers. A123.5.2
• God unusual at to legs (feet). A123.6
• God with three legs. A123.6.1
• God unusual as to color. A123.7
• Many-colored god. A123.7.1
• Black god(dess). A123.7.2
• Goddess with one-and-a-half buttocks. A123.8
• Lotus plants grow from navel of Vishnu. A123.9
• God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon. A123.10
• God with tail. A123.11
• Luminous god. A124
• God with luminous countenance. A124.0.1
• God with blazing eye. A124.1
• White god. A124.2
• Goddess with body full of fire. A124.3
• God's radiance upon Moses' face. A124.4
• God in form of comet. A124.5
• Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) A125
• Goddess of war in shape of hag. A125.1
• Goddess of war in shape of (red) woman. A125.1.1
• God with red beard. A125.2
• God with gold teeth. A125.3
• Beautiful goddess. A125.4
• Mutilated god. A128
• Blind god. Hödhr. A128.1
• One-eyed god. Odin. A128.2
• God with Evil Eye. A128.2.1
• God with single eye, through lid of which passes a polished handle with which lid is lifted. A128.2.2
• Legless and armless deity supported on animal. A128.3
• God with one leg (foot). A128.3.1
• God with one hand. Hand cut or bitten off. A128.4
• Lame god. A128.5
• God with thick (iron) shoe. A128.5.1
• Gods with animal features. A131
• God as part man, part fish. A131.1
• God with elephant's face. A131.2
• Deity with animal's head. A131.3
• Deity with cat's head. A131.3.1
• Goddess with pig's head. A131.3.2
• God with ram's head. (Cf. A132.14.) A131.3.3
• God in tiger's skin. A131.4
• God with goat-feet. A131.5
• Horned god. A131.6
• Winged god. A131.7
• Goddess with pig's teeth. A131.8
• God in animal form. A132
• God in successive animal forms. A132.0.1
• God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. A132.0.1.1
• God in three forms: gecho, shark, or priest. A132.0.1.2
• Snake-god. A132.1
• Deity has snake-children. A132.1.1
• Monkey as god. A132.2
• Equine god (goddess). A132.3
• Horse-god. A132.3.1
• Mule-god. A132.3.1.1
• Horse-goddess. A132.3.2
• Ass-god. A132.3.3
• Stag-god. A132.4
• Bear-god (goddess). A132.5
• Bird deity. A132.6
• Bird-god. A132.6.1
• Goddess in form of bird. A132.6.2
• Cock-god. A132.6.3
• Female deities as fly-catchers. A132.6.4
• Pigeon-god. A132.6.5
• Swine-god. A132.7
• Dog (wolf)-god. A132.8
• Bull-god. A132.9
• Cow as god. A132.9.1
• Tiger-god. A132.10
• Seal-god. A132.11
• Eel-god. A132.12
• Fish-god. A132.13
• Ram-god. A132.14
• God as tortoise. A132.15
• Giant god. (Cf. A128.2.) A133
• Giant god drinks lakes dry. (Indra). A133.1
• Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south. A133.2
• Giant god goes with three steps through the world. A133.2.1
• Heaven as God's throne, earth His footstool. A133.2.2
• Giant orderly of the gods. A133.3
• Dwarf god. A134
• Man-eating god (goddess). A135
• Gods with unusual transportation. A136
• God rides unusual animal. A136.1
• Deity rides boar. A136.1.1
• God rides unusual horse. A136.1.2
• Sleipnir: eight-legged horse of Odin. A136.1.2.1
• God rides a bull. A136.1.3
• God rides bird. A136.1.4
• God rides swan. A136.1.4.1
• God rides flying elephant. A136.1.5
• Deity rides a buffalo. A136.1.6
• Deity rides a lion. A136.1.7
• Goddess flies in bird's plumage. A136.1.8
• God's (goddess's) wagon drawn by unusual animals. A136.2
• Goddess has team of sparrows. A136.2.1
• Goddess's chariot drawn by one-footed horse. A136.2.2