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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| A446.1 | God of lizards. Maori: Clark 91. |
| A475 | God of love. Krappe "Diarmuid and Grainne" FL XLVII (1936) 347—361.—Irish myth: Cross; Hindu: Keith 141; Penzer X 163 s.v. "God of Love"; Greek: Roscher I 1339 s.v. "Eros". |
| A483 | God of mercy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A492 | God of metals. Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 260. |
| A251 | God of morning star. *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 17f.; Greek: Fox 247 (Phosphoros). |
| A465.2 | God of music. Greek: Fox 181. |
| A253 | God of north star. |
| A484 | God of oaths. |
| A443.2.1 | God of owls. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 123. |
| A465.5 | God of pictorial art. |
| A465.1 | God of poetry. Greek: Fox 181; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 55 (Odin), 160 (Bragi). |
| A499.6 | God of poison. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 112. |
| A471 | God of prophecy. Greek: Fox 178; Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 306ff. (Odin); India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A446 | God of reptiles. |
| A433.1.1 | God of rice-fields. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A413 | God of roads (streets). *Frazer Pausanias II 417.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| A456 | God of sailors. |
| A485.3 | God of single-combats. Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 156 (Ullr). |
| A472 | God of sleep. |
| A451.1 | God of smith-work. Gaster Thespis 136, 154f.; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 28; Greek: Fox 206 (Hephaistos); Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 115ff. (Weland). |
| A499.4 | God of sorcery. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 15, 29f., 108. |
| A665.1 | God of space upholds sky. Egyptian: Müller 44. |
| A496.1 | God of spring. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 992. |
| A427 | God of springs. |
| A499.3 | God of stones. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 88. |
| A489.2 | God of strength. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A310.4 | God of suicide. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 177. |
| A465.5.1 | God of tattooing. Tahiti: Henry 234. |
| A216 | God of the air. *Encyc. Religion and Ethics s.v. "Air and gods of the air"; Greek: Grote I 3; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A465 | God of the arts. Greek: Grote I 43 (Apollo). |
| A446.2 | God of the cutworm. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth. |
| A465.4 | God of the dance. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 16. |
| A108.1 | God of the dead. Irish myth: Cross; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 60. |
| A493.2 | God of the furnace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A310.3 | God of the hanged. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 43ff. (Odin). |
| A108 | God of the living and the dead in the otherworld. Chinese: Werner 248. |
| A496 | God of the seasons. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A310.2 | God of the slain. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 44 (Odin). |
| A445.1 | God of the squid. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 60. |
| A300 | God of the underworld. Gaster Thespis 136; Greek: Grote I 3; Irish myth: Cross; Babylonian: Spence 105, 150; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 695; Korean: Zong in-Sob 92 No. 50; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 200f.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 114; Fiji: Beckwith Myth 138; Nukuhiva (Marquesas): Handy 122.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 57. |
| A200 | God of the upper world. |
| A433.3 | God of the vine. Greek: Grote I 239 (Dionysus). |
| A139.8.4 | God of the wind in shape of kite. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 121. |
| A310 | God of the world of the dead. *Meyer "Der irische Totengott und die Toteninsel" Stzb. d. preussischen Akad. d. Wissenschaften XXXII 537.—Greek: Fox 233 (Hades); Icel.: De la Saussaye 227 (Odin), Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 486; Egyptian: Müller 97 (Osiris); Hindu: Keith 159; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 201f.—Jicarilla Apache: Alexander N. Am. 175, Goddard PaAM VIII 194 n. 1; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 77, 80; Huichol: ibid. 122; Maya: ibid. 139. |
| A457 | God of thieves. Tahiti, Mangaia, Rarotonga, Maori: Beckwith Myth 447; Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 310. |
| A284 | God of thunder. *Harris Boanerges 13ff., 20; Montelius FL XXI (1909) 60.—Icel.: De la Saussaye 236 (Thor); Lithuanian: Gray 319, Balys "Der Donner im lithauischen Volksglauben" Tautosakos Darbai III (1937) 149—238; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 227; Estonian: Eisen Estnische Mythologie 156ff.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 443; Armenian: Ananikian 11; Chinese: Werner 198, 201; Greek: Fox 159 (Zeus); Egyptian: Müller 103 (Seth); Hindu: Keith 37 (Parjanya).—Maori: Beckwith Myth 250; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 172; American Indian: Alexander N. Am. 287 n. 32. |
| A459 | God of trades and professions—miscellaneous. |
| A450 | God of trades and professions. |
| A491 | God of travelers. Greek: Fox 195; Chinese: Ferguson 82; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 221. |
| A435 | God of trees and forests. Greek: Fox 267 (Pan); Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 283, II 253; Jewish: Neuman.—Maori: Dixon 32. |
| A430 | God of vegetation. **Siecke Der Vegetationsgott.—Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 260; Chinese: Graham.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 76. |
| A485 | God of war. *H. Lommel Der arische Kriegsgott (Frankfurt a. M. 1939). —Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 189; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 40, 55 (Odin), 98 (Tyr); Armenian: Ananikian 42; Hindu: Penzer VII 137, VIII 180; Chinese: Ferguson 95; Babylonian: Spence 106ff.; Jewish: Neuman.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 58; Maya: ibid. 139.—Tahiti: Henry 120; Maori: Clark 14; Marquesas: Handy 110; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 15. |
| A420 | God of water. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 167; Babylonian: Spence 76, 111ff.; Persian: Carnoy 260; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 217, 222; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Die Wassergottheiten der finno-ugrischen Völker (MSFO XXXII); Gaster Thespis 123.—S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 52; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 541. |
| A473 | God of wealth. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Roscher III 2572 s.v. "Plutos"; Icel.: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 204; Hindu: Penzer X 163 s.v. "God of Wealth", X 205 s.v. "Kuvera"; Chinese: Werner 170, Eberhard FFC CXX 176, 196. |
| A282.1 | God of whirlwind. Typhon. He is represented as having serpents' heads on his shoulders, as having a voice like the sound of many beasts and eyes which flash fire.—Greek: Fox 9. |
| A443.1 | God of wild beasts. |
| A443.2 | God of wild fowls. |
| A461 | God of wisdom. Irish myth: Cross; Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 320 (Odin); Greek: Grote I 10 (Apollo); Babylonian: Spence 184ff. |
| A1335.11 | God of world of the dead demands that men die so he will have subjects. (Cf. A487) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A474.1 | God of youth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A459.1 | God or goddess of skiing (or snow-shoes). Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 105 (Skadi), 156 (Ullr), Boberg. |
| A176 | God ordains ceremonies and regulations. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 40. |
| A151.9 | God originally resident among men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A185.16 | God pities mortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A432.0.1 | God plants fields. *Dh I 192ff. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A179.9 | God plays with leviathan. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A185.7 | God prepares food for mortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A161.4 | God presides over all male spirits. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 13. |
| A182.3.4.2 | God promises mortal prosperity for man and offspring. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1113 | God promises never again to destroy world by water. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1335.15 | God punishes man by killing his child: origin of death. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 187. |
| A185.13 | God puts mortal to test. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A162.5 | God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (cf. A179.5.). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A182.3.2 | God rebukes mortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A175 | God reduces the elements to order. Greek: Fox 9; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 20ff. |
| A185.12.2 | God removes mortal's soul. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.17 | God represented as among seven sheaths of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.12 | God represented as bridegroom. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.10 | God represented as king, world as his kingdom. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.16 | God represented as meteor. (cf. A124). Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 113. |
| A137.13 | God represented as priest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.11 | God represented in cloud. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.15 | God represented on high throne surrounded by angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.1.1 | God represented with arrow of flames. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.1 | God represented with bow of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.3 | God represented with clouds as shield. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.4 | God represented with lightning flashes as sword. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.2 | God represented with spears as torches. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14 | God represented with weapon. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A185.2.1 | God rescues sleeping man from attack. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A185.12.1 | God resuscitates man. Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 188 No. 128. |
| A182 | God reveals himself to mortals. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A182.1 | God reveals secrets (mysteries) to mortals. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A185.11 | God rewards mortal for pious act. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A136.1.3 | God rides a bull. Hindu: Keith 111; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.4 | God rides bird. Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 94ff. (Vishnu on Garuda); Penzer Ocean X 159 s.v. Garuda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.5 | God rides flying elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.4.1 | God rides swan. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A171.1.1 | God rides through air in chariot. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A171.1 | God rides through air on wind-swift horse. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 43. |
| A136.1 | God rides unusual animal. |
| A136.1.2 | God rides unusual horse. |
| A1335.13 | God sends centipede down to introduce death into the world through its poisoned sting. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2012.3 | God sends stinging bees to punish men. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 187. |
| A181 | God serves as menial on earth. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus II 20 n. 1, Grote I 36, 53, 108; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 142; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 962; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A182.3.0.5 | God speaks from mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A182.3.0.1 | God speaks to Moses from bush. Jewish: Neuman; Moreno Esdras. |
| A182.3.0.2 | God speaks to saint in prison. Rüttgers Der Heiligen Leben (Leipzig, 1921) 103. |
| A665.0.1 | God stabilizes the sky. Tahiti: Henry 180. |
| A189.2 | God summoned by weeping. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A175.1 | God supplies reproductive energy to all things. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 20, 32. |
| A132.0.1.1 | God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1403 | God teaches people to work. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3057, Balys Legends Nos. 110f. |
| A2215.6 | God throws diver's feet after him; hence his feet reach backward. (Cf. A2371.2.9.) Dh III 46.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 18 No. 103. |
| A123.5 | God unusual as to arms. |
| A123.7 | God unusual as to color. |
| A123.3 | God unusual as to eyes. |
| A123.2 | God unusual as to face. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.6 | God unusual at to legs (feet). |
| A185.17 | God visits sick mortal. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1116. |
| A446.1.1 | God whose shadow on earth is a lizard. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 360. |
| A137.1.1 | God with axe. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A124.1 | God with blazing eye. Hindu: Penzer VI 31 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.1.5 | God with body of caterpillars. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30. |
| A123.1.4 | God with body of earthquake (whirlwind, etc.). Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30. |
| A123.1.6 | God with body of stream of blood. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30. |
| A137.2 | God with club. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A123.4.1.3 | God with eight heads. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 209. |
| A131.2 | God with elephant's face. Hindu: Penzer II 99ff., 125 n. 1, 147 n. 1, 170, III 155 n. 2, V 196, VII 131, IX 1. |
| A128.2.1 | God with Evil Eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A123.2.1.4 | God with five faces. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.3.2 | God with flashing eyes. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 32. |
| A123.2.1.3 | God with four faces. Greek: Roscher "Ianus"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A131.5 | God with goat-feet. Greek: Fox 267 (Pan). |
| A125.3 | God with gold teeth. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 153 (Heimdall). |
| A123.1.3 | God with good looking and ugly bodies. Marquesas: Handy 124. |
| A137.1 | God with hammer. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg; Gaster Thespis 135, 363. |
| A123.4.2 | God with head of stone. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 88. |
| A123.3.1.2 | God with hundred eyes. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A137.18 | God with long white beard and white moustache. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A124.0.1 | God with luminous countenance. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.5.1 | God with many arms. Siva has ten arms.—Hindu: Keith 110; Chinese: Werner 144, 324.—Cf. Greek: Roscher "Briareos"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Irish Myth: Cross. |
| A123.3.1 | God with many eyes. *Krappe Balor 19ff. (Argos); Usener IV 223.—Hindu: Penzer II 46 n. 4, VIII 75, 116, IX 19; Keith 110, 134; Chinese: Werner 144. |
| A123.2.1 | God with many faces. |
| A123.4.1 | God with many heads. Slavic (Elbe): Máchal 283f., Boberg. —Chinese: Werner 241, 321. |
| A139.10 | God with myriad natures. Tahiti: Henry 336. |
| A128.4 | God with one hand. Hand cut or bitten off.—*Krappe études 11ff.—Icel.: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 21 (Tyr); Irish myth: Cross. |
| A128.3.1 | God with one leg (foot). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A131.3.3 | God with ram's head. (cf. A132.14). Egyptian: Müller 135, 405.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| A125.2 | God with red beard. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| A123.4.1.2 | God with seven heads. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A128.2.2 | God with single eye, through lid of which passes a polished handle with which lid is lifted. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A123.2.1.5 | God with six faces. Hindu: Penzer I 73 n. 1, II 102. |
| A123.11 | God with tail. Mangaia (Cook Is.): Clark 140; Fiji: Beckwith Myth 76; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 113. |
| A128.5.1 | God with thick (iron) shoe. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 159 (Vidarr). |
| A123.3.1.3 | God with thirteen eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.3.1.4 | God with thousand eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.2.1.2 | God with three faces. *Krappe Balor 8 n. 28.—Chinese: Werner 324. |
| A123.4.1.1 | God with three heads. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A123.6.1 | God with three legs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.2.1.1 | God with two faces. *Krappe Balor 7 n. 24; Usener IV 347ff.; *Frazer Ovid II 95ff; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.1.2 | God with two joined bodies. Tahiti: Henry 344. |
| A137.3 | God with wheel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A185.14.2 | God witholds mortal from sinning. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A136.2 | God's (goddess's) wagon drawn by unusual animals. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 22 (Thor's goats, Freya's cats), 109 (Frey's boars); Greek: *Frazer Pausanias IV 142 (dragons). |
| A151.0.2 | God's abode known to none. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A157.2 | God's arrows. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A157.6 | God's bow. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A136.3 | God's chariot goes through the air. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A156.2 | God's crown. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A199.5 | God's day is one thousand years. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A155.5 | God's elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A189.14 | God's enemies. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.6 | God's home on heavenly bodies. |
| A151.7.1.1 | God's home under tree of life. (cf. F441.2.1.). Jewish: Neuman. |
| A138 | God's ineffable name. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A194.3 | God's jealousy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A194.4 | God's joy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.12 | God's landing place (on island). Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 11. |
| A153.7 | God's preference for cooked food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1011.3 | God's promise never to destroy world by water does not apply to local floods. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A124.4 | God's radiance upon Moses' face. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A156.3 | God's scepters. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A156.4 | God's seal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A157.4 | God's shield. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A157.3 | God's spear. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.11 | God's spirit dwells among mortals. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A157.5 | God's sword. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2612.3 | God's tears become peas. (Cf. A2686.2.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 126. |
| A151.4.1 | God's temple of jewels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A152.9 | God's throne becomes hot because of activities on earth. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 425, 492, 572, 897. |
| A152.3 | God's throne on wheels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A152 | God's throne. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A152.1 | God's two thrones (of mercy and of justice). Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.2.2 | God's unusual mouth. |
| A1871.0.1 | God's urine used to make pig. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A194.2 | God's vengeance. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.5.2 | God's voice causes thunder. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.5.1 | God's voice shatters mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.5 | God's voice. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.6 | God's words. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A434 | Goddess (god) of flowers. Roman: *Frazer Ovid III 417; India: Thompson-Balys.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 77f. |
| A139.8.2 | Goddess appears as coral reef. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 219. |
| A112.4.2 | Goddess as daughter of giant. Icel.: Boberg. |
| A109.2 | Goddess as mother of Pacific Ocean. Maori: Beckwith Myth 179. |
| A112.7.3 | Goddess born from mother's eyes. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 186. |
| A114.1.1 | Goddess born from sweat of rock washed by sea. Minahassa (Celebes): Dixon 157. |
| A431.1.3 | Goddess causes famine. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 289. |
| A316 | Goddess divides time between upper and lower worlds. Persephone spends six months on earth and six in Hades.—*Frazer Apollodorus I 41 n. 2. |
| A136.1.8 | Goddess flies in bird's plumage. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 83, 126, 174. |
| A955.9 | Goddess gives birth to islands. Tonga: Gifford 102. |
| A136.2.1 | Goddess has team of sparrows. Greek: Sappho Ode to Aphrodite. |
| A934.11.3 | Goddess in anger breaks herself into five parts: hence, five branches of a river. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.6.2 | Goddess in form of bird. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A139.8.5 | Goddess in form of tree. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17. |
| A751.8.6 | Goddess in moon beating tapa beneath tree. Tonga: Gifford 181. |
| A751.8.3 | Goddess in moon with calabash at her side. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 221. |
| A432.1 | Goddess of agriculture. Irish myth: Cross (A432.0.2); Greek: Fox 230. |
| A440.1 | Goddess of animals. Penzer I 272 (Ishtar). |
| A430.1.2 | Goddess of autumn leaves. Japanese: Anesaki 234. |
| A462.1 | Goddess of beauty. Hindu: Penzer VII 129 n. 4, 137; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 767. |
| A441.1.1 | Goddess of buffaloes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A476 | Goddess of chastity. Greek: Fox 185; Icel.: Boberg. |
| A477 | Goddess of childbirth. *Ploss Das Kind I 18ff.; Penzer I 272.—Greek: Fox 164, 167, 185.; Finno-Ugric: *Holmberg Finno-Ugric 252ff.; Armenian: Ananikian 25; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 414.—India: Thompson-Balys.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 285. |
| A477.1 | Goddess of cradle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A270.1 | Goddess of dawn. Hindu: Keith 32; Greek: Roscher I 1252 s.v. "Eos"; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A487.1 | Goddess of death. Hindu: Penzer IV 110 n. 3. |
| A431.1.4 | Goddess of dryness and sterility. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 203f. |
| A400.1 | Goddess of earth. Gaster Thespis 128 n., 51; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 243ff., 413ff.; Livonian: Loortis Liivi rahva usund I 256; Lithuanian, Chuvashan: Wolter "Die Erdgöttin der Tschuwaschen und Litauer" Archiv f. Religionswiss. II 358ff.; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 194; Hindu: Penzer II 241, IV 177 n. 1, India: Thompson-Balys.—Haitian: Alexander Lat. Am. 34; Aztec: ibid. 74f.; Chibcha: ibid. 204. |
| A465.3.1 | Goddess of eloquence and learning. Hindu: Penzer I 1 n. 4, 18 n. 1, 31 n. 3. |
| A466 | Goddess of fame. Hindu: Penzer II 90, 116. |
| A431.1.2 | Goddess of fertility of wild forest plants. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 289. |
| A431.1 | Goddess of fertility. (cf. A401). Irish myth: Cross; Greek-Roman: Fox 292; Babylonian: Carnoy 278 (Ishtar), Spence 124; Lappish: Reuterskiöld De Nordiska Lapparnas Religion 102ff.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 185; Icel.: Boberg. |
| A493.1 | Goddess of fire. India: Thompson-Balys; Oceanic: Beckwith Myth 167ff. |
| A482.2 | Goddess of good luck (Lakshmi). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A454.1 | Goddess of healing. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 186 (Eir); Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 184 (Artemis); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A452.1 | Goddess of hunting. Greek: Fox 183; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 103ff., Boberg. |
| A482.1 | Goddess of ill-luck. Hindu: Penzer VI 106; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A464.1 | Goddess of justice. Greek: Fox 6 (Themis). |
| A260.1 | Goddess of light. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A475.1.1 | Goddess of love with thousand faces. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A475.1 | Goddess of love. Krappe "The Bearded Venus" FL LVI (1945) 325—335.—Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 198, Grote I 5; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 120 (Freya); Armenian: Ananikian 24f., 38f.; Babylonia: Spence 124.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 185, 186; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 78; S. Am. Indian (Chibcha): Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908. |
| A483.1 | Goddess of mercy. Chinese: Werner 251. |
| A112.1.1.1 | Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A465.2.1 | Goddess of music. Hindu: Penzer I 243; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 268. |
| A253.1 | Goddess of north star. Chinese: Werner 144. |
| A484.1 | Goddess of oaths. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 186 (Vár). |
| A478.1 | Goddess of pestilence. *Krappe "Artemis Mysia" Classical Philology XXXIX (1944) 178—183.—Hindu: Penzer I 147. |
| A465.1.1 | Goddess of poetry. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 40, Cross. |
| A451.4 | Goddess of pottery. Greek: Grote I 51. |
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