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Motifs — first 20 of 324
- First human pair as creators. (Cf. A1270.) A2.2
- Human creator. A15
- Gods borne by human woman. A112.9
- Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
- Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) A125
- God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.) A162.5
- Human intellect unable to conceive God's essence. A182.0.2
- Deity appears before human being after prayers. A189.6
- Accountants of god keep lists of good and bad acts of human beings. A189.8
- Birth of culture heroes from human bones swallowed by jaguar's human wife. A511.1.4.3
- Wooden circles that were the sun and moon animated after human sacrifice of blood. A714.8
- Sun as human being. A736
- Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
- Sun's affection for human girl rouses moon's jealousy. A736.7
- Human son of sun. A736.10
- Star descends as human being. A762
- Relation of the planets to human life. A787
- Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
- Animate and inanimate objects attempt to destroy humanity. A1009.2
- Fettered monster in human form. A1072.1
Episodes
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter VII VII. Incarnate Human Gods
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter XXXVI XXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter LVIII LVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter LXIV LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires