1,186 motifs match “hero” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Creator tries to devour his son, the culture hero. A71
• Demigods and culture heroes. A500
• Heroes or demigods as fourth race of men. A502
• 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
• 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
• 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