Mythological motifs

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• Goddess of youth. A474.1.1
• God (goddess) of longevity. A474.2
• God of love. A475
• Cupid with arrows of lead and gold. A475.0.1
• Marriage-god. A475.0.2
• Goddess of love. A475.1
• Goddess of love with thousand faces. A475.1.1
• Goddess of thousand eyes discovered by lousing. A475.1.1.1
• Goddess of chastity. A476
• Goddess of childbirth. A477
• Goddess of cradle. A477.1
• God of disease. A478
• Goddess of pestilence. A478.1
• God (goddess) of smallpox. A478.2
• God (goddess) of cholera. A478.3
• God of fevers. A478.4
• Devil of leprosy. A478.5
• Angel (demon) of blindness. A478.6
• God of intoxication (or of wine). A481
• God of gambling (luck). A482
• Goddess of ill-luck. A482.1
• Spirit of ill-luck a son of a god. A482.1.1
• Goddess of good luck (Lakshmi). A482.2
• God of mercy. A483
• Angel of mercy. A483.0.1
• Goddess of mercy. A483.1
• God of oaths. A484
• Goddess of oaths. A484.1
• God of war. A485
• Goddess of war. A485.1
• Valkyries (shield-maidens). Demigoddesses who attend battle. A485.2
• God of single-combats. A485.3
• The Furies. Goddesses of vengeance. A486
• God of death. A487
• Death kills only those whose time it is to die. A487.0.1
• Goddess of death. A487.1
• God of destruction. A488
• Gods of abstractions – miscellaneous. A489
• Goddess of protection. A489.1
• God of strength. A489.2
• God of fear. A489.3
• Angel of fear. A489.3.1
• God of laughter. A489.4
• Miscellaneous gods of the earth. A490
• God of travelers. A491
• God of metals. A492
• God of fire. A493
• Angel of fire. A493.0.1
• Goddess of fire. A493.1
• God of the furnace. A493.2
• Food-goddess. A494
• Mountain-god. A495
• God of the seasons. A496
• God of spring. A496.1
• Echo. A497
• Echo invisible. A497.1
• Deity of stone. A498
• Other deities. A499
• Python-goddess. A499.1
• Goddess of the hair. A499.2
• God of stones. A499.3
• God of sorcery. A499.4
• Goddess of sorcery. A499.4.1
• God of dreams. A499.5
• God of poison. A499.6
• Goddess of the parasol. A499.7
• Demigods and culture heroes. A500
• Groups of demigods. A501
• Seven demigods. A501.1
• Heroes or demigods as fourth race of men. A502
• Male virgin demigod. A504
• Half-spirit, half-man. A506
• Origin of the culture hero (demigod). A510
• Culture hero as god. A510.1
• Culture hero reborn. A510.2
• Birth and rearing of culture hero (demigod). A511
• Birth of culture hero. A511.1
• Culture hero snatched from mother's side. A511.1.1
• River flows from corpse of mythical mother of culture hero. A511.1.1.1
• Culture hero speaks before birth. A511.1.2
• Twin culture heroes quarrel before birth. (Cf. A515.1.1.) A511.1.2.1
• Culture hero in mother's womb indicates direction to be taken by her. A511.1.2.2
• Culture hero incarnated through birth from virgin. A511.1.3
• Demigod son of king's unmarried sister (daughter) by god. A511.1.3.1
• Demigod son of king's unmarried sister by her brother. A511.1.3.2
• Immaculate conception of culture hero. A511.1.3.3
• Magic origin of culture hero. A511.1.4
• Origin of culture hero from bursting stone. A511.1.4.1
• Hero formed by god out of mother's apron. A511.1.4.2
• Birth of culture heroes from human bones swallowed by jaguar's human wife. A511.1.4.3
• Culture hero creates a companion from a toenail. A511.1.4.4
• Culture hero son of mortal (half-mortal) father. A511.1.5
• Culture hero posthumous child. A511.1.6
• Culture hero born three times. A511.1.7
• Culture hero son of animal. A511.1.8
• Culture hero son of deer mother. A511.1.8.1
• Culture hero offspring of woman and jaguar. A511.1.8.2
• Mythical lizards parents of culture hero. A511.1.8.3
• Culture hero born from egg. A511.1.9
• Care of culture hero. A511.2
• Abandonment of culture hero at birth. A511.2.1
• Abandoned culture hero captured by use of net. A511.2.1.1
• Nursing of culture hero. A511.2.2
• Culture hero suckled by wolf. A511.2.2.1
• Culture hero cared for by tiger. A511.2.2.2
• Culture hero is hidden in order to escape enemies. A511.2.3
• Education of culture hero. A511.3
• Culture hero reared in seclusion. A511.3.1
• Culture hero reared (educated) by extraordinary (supernatural) personages. A511.3.2
• Growth of culture hero. A511.4
• Miraculous growth of culture hero. A511.4.1
• Parentage of culture hero. (Cf. A511.1.8.) A512
• Culture hero's grandmother. A512.1
• Culture hero creator's son. A512.2
• Culture hero as son of god. A512.3
• Sun as father of culture hero. A512.4
• Coming of culture hero (demigod). A513
• Demigods descend from heaven. A513.1
• Culture hero arrives (and departs) in boat. A513.2
• Pair of culture heroes. A515
• Culture heroes brothers. A515.1
• Twin culture heroes. (Cf. A511.1.2.1.) A515.1.1
• Twin culture heroes sired by two fathers. A515.1.1.1
• Twin culture heroes – one foolish, one clever. (Cf. A525.) A515.1.1.2
• Twin culture heroes conceived of as sun and moon. A515.1.1.3
• Sworn brothers as culture heroes. A515.1.2
• Father and son as culture heroes. A515.2
• Culture hero has blood brother. A515.3
• Culture hero has faithful attendant. A515.4
• Culture hero fights with (encounters) son without recognizing him. A515.5
• Expulsion and return of culture hero. A516
• Nature of the culture hero (demigod). A520
• Gods as culture heroes. A520.1
• Culture hero as dupe or trickster. A521
• Animal as culture hero. A522
• Beast as culture hero. A522.1
• Dog as culture hero. A522.1.1
• Culture hero acts as watch-dog; named "Hound". A522.1.1.1
• Rabbit as culture hero. A522.1.2
• Coyote as culture hero. A522.1.3
• Fox as culture hero. A522.1.4
• Mink as culture hero. A522.1.5
• Bird as culture hero. A522.2
• Blue Jay as culture hero. A522.2.1
• Raven as culture hero. A522.2.2
• Hawk as culture hero. A522.2.3
• Aquatic bird as culture hero. A522.2.4
• Other animals as culture hero. A522.3
• Spider as culture hero. A522.3.1
• Giant as culture hero. A523
• Giant sword of culture hero. A523.1
• Extraordinary possessions of culture hero. A524
• Culture hero's extraordinary animals. A524.1
• Culture hero has marvelous dogs. A524.1.1
• Culture hero has marvelous horses. A524.1.2
• Extraordinary weapons of culture hero. A524.2
• Good and bad culture heroes. A525
• Culture hero fights with his elder brother. A525.1
• Culture hero (god) slays his grandfather. A525.2
• Physical characteristics of culture hero (demigod). A526
• Culture hero can be wounded. A526.1
• Culture hero as mighty hunter. A526.2
• Culture hero has irresistible beauty spot (ball seirc). A526.3
• Culture hero has three heads of hair of different colors. A526.4
• Culture hero has seven pupils in each eye, seven toes on each foot, seven fingers on each hand. A526.5
• Culture hero with different colored eyes, one brown, one green. A526.5.1
• Culture hero, when angry, subject to contortions. A526.6
• Culture hero performs remarkable feats of strength and skill. A526.7
• Culture hero can turn feet and knees backwards. A526.8
• Lightning flashes from armpits of hero. A526.9
• Special powers of culture hero. A527
• Culture hero precocious. A527.1
• Divine twins make selves a bow and arrow. A527.1.1
• Culture hero has knowledge-giving member (thumb, tooth). A527.2
• Culture hero as magician (drai). A527.3
• Culture hero can transform self. A527.3.1
• Culture hero assumes ugly and deformed guise. A527.3.1.1
• Culture hero as poet (musician). A527.4
• Culture hero has supernatural helpers. A528
• Culture hero establishes law and order. A530
• Culture hero completes work of creator. A530.1
• Culture hero (demigod) overcomes monsters. A531
• Culture hero spares certain evil spirits. Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger beg the culture hero not to destroy them because of their real usefulness to man. A531.1
• Culture hero banishes demons. A531.1.1
• Culture hero banishes snakes. A531.2
• Culture hero exterminates race of tigers. A531.3
• Culture hero conquers sea monster. A531.4
• Demigod conquers great octopus. A531.4.1
• Culture hero tames winds in caves. A532
• Culture hero regulates rivers. A533
• Culture hero stays current of river. A533.1
• Culture hero swallowed and recovered from animal. A535
• Demigods fight as allies of mortals. A536
• Culture hero (saint) defends Ireland against foreign invasions. A536.1
• Culture heroes clear plains. A537
• Culture hero builds raths. A538
• Culture hero teaches arts and crafts. A541
• Culture hero invents and teaches the Irish language. A541.1
• Culture hero as god of agriculture. A541.2
• Culture hero establishes customs. A545