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- Creation match between goddess-wife, god-husband. A85
- Goddess rebels against her father for forbidding her marriage. A106.1.1
- Goddess as mother of Pacific Ocean. A109.2
- Sea creatures as ancestors of goddess. A111.3.2
- Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). A112.1.1.1
- Goddess as daughter of giant. A112.4.2
- Goddess born from mother's eyes. A112.7.3
- Goddess born from sweat of rock washed by sea. A114.1.1
- Twin goddesses (or trinity of goddesses). A116.2
- Goddess produced by heat of earth. A119.2
- Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
- Goddess with three supernatural bodies: fire, cliff, sea. A123.1.7
- Goddess with eight mouths. A123.2.2.2
- Goddess with thousand eyes. A123.3.1.4.1
- Goddess with one-and-a-half buttocks. A123.8
- Goddess with body full of fire. A124.3
- Goddess of war in shape of hag. A125.1
- Goddess of war in shape of (red) woman. A125.1.1
- Beautiful goddess. A125.4
- Goddess with pig's head. A131.3.2
- Goddess with pig's teeth. A131.8
- Equine god (goddess). A132.3
- Horse-goddess. A132.3.2
- Bear-god (goddess). A132.5
- Goddess in form of bird. A132.6.2
- Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south. A133.2
- Man-eating god (goddess). A135
- 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
- God (goddess) with basket. A137.4
- God (goddess) with cornucopia. A137.5
- Goddess represented as mounted on a drake, attended by eight chief snakes attended by snake jewels. A137.9
- Vampire goddess. A139.4
- Goddess appears as coral reef. A139.8.2
- Smoldering fire of volcano as head of goddess. A139.8.3
- Goddess in form of tree. A139.8.5
- Goddess with red urine. A139.9.1
- Temperamental goddess. A139.13
- Goddess sleeps on bed of snakes. A155.6
- Gods and goddesses in love with men. A188
- Goddess' throne shakes when some mischance befalls her faithful worshipper. A189.5
- Goddesses come down to earth by a silken thread, are offended by raja and produce drought. A189.10
- Goddess protects animals from hunters. A189.12
- Goddess rejuvenates self when old. A191
- Sky-goddess. A210.1
- Sun-goddess. A220.1
- Moon-goddess. A240.1
- Goddess of north star. A253.1
- Goddess of light. A260.1
- Goddess of dawn. A270.1
- Storm-goddess. A281.1
- Wind-goddess. A282.0.1
- Facial features of wind-goddess reversed. A282.0.1.1
- Goddess of thunder. A284.1
- Rain-goddess. A287.1
- Rainbow-goddess. A288
- Goddess of underworld. (Cf. A310.1.) A300.1
- Goddess of world of the dead. A310.1
- Goddess divides time between upper and lower worlds. Persephone spends six months on earth and six in Hades. A316
- Goddess of earth. A400.1
- Water-goddess. A420.1
- Sea-goddess. A421.1
- River goddess. A425.1
- Goddess of springs and wells. In Greek myth, the nymphs were regarded as deities of springs. In Babylonian, Ishtar, the goddess of fertility had this function. A427.1
- Goddess of vegetation. A430.1
- Goddess of splendor of spring. A430.1.1
- Goddess of autumn leaves. A430.1.2
- Goddess of fertility. (Cf. A401.) A431.1
- In absence of goddess of fertility, no reproduction of life. A431.1.1
- Goddess of fertility of wild forest plants. A431.1.2
- Goddess causes famine. A431.1.3
- Goddess of dryness and sterility. A431.1.4
- Goddess of agriculture. A432.1
- Gods or goddesses of special crops. A433
- Corn-god (goddess). A433.1
- God (goddess) of fruit. A433.4
- Goddess (god) of flowers. A434
- Bamboo goddess. A435.1
- Goddess of animals. A440.1
- God (goddess) of domestic animals. A441
- Goddess of buffaloes. A441.1.1
- God (goddess) of wild animals. A443
- Goddess of smith-work. A451.1.1
- Goddess of weaving and spinning. A451.3.1
- Goddess of pottery. A451.4
- Goddess of hunting. A452.1
- Goddess of healing. A454.1
- Goddess of sailors. A456.1
- God or goddess of skiing (or snow-shoes). A459.1
- Goddess of wisdom. A461.1
- Goddess of beauty. A462.1
- The Fates. Goddesses who preside over the fates of men. A463.1
- Goddess of justice. A464.1
- Goddess of poetry. A465.1.1
- Goddess of music. A465.2.1
- Goddess of eloquence and learning. A465.3.1
- Goddess of the dance. A465.4.1
- Goddess of fame. A466