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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
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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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 |
|---|---|
| A192.2.1.1 | Deity departs for moon. Polynesia: Hawaii, Beckwith Myth 220, *241; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/931). |
| A192.2.2 | Divinity departs in boat over sea. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 29, *37. |
| A192.2.3 | Divinity departs to submarine home. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 206. |
| A192.2.4 | Divinity departs in column of flame. Pora Pora (Society Is.): Beckwith Myth 38. |
| A192.3 | Expected return of deity. Banks Is. (Fiji): Beckwith Myth 316. |
| A192.4 | Divinity becomes mortal. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 75. |
| A193 | Resurrection of gods. Chinese: Werner 99. |
| A194 | Divinity's emotions. |
| A194.1 | Divinity weeps. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A194.2 | God's vengeance. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A194.3 | God's jealousy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A194.4 | God's joy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A195 | Divinity's companions. |
| A195.1 | God dealing with his angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A195.2 | Wisdom as God's companion. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A195.3 | Bird as the shadow of a god. Tahiti: Henry 121. |
| A196 | Deity's limitations. |
| A196.1 | Fate controls gods. Greek: Fox 162; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 74; Semitic: Langdon 102, 307. |
| A196.2 | Decree of gods irrevocable. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A196.2.1 | Deity changes decision. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A197 | Deity controls elements. Jewish: *Neuman; Greek: "Zeus the cloud gatherer"; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 10, 15ff., 32ff., 68—96, et passim.—Tahiti: Henry 337. |
| A199 | Gods—additional motifs. |
| A199.1 | Spirit of deity animates earthen jar when it is placed beneath banyan tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A199.2 | God has magic vision only from his throne. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 22. |
| A199.3 | Deity's child becomes fire as soon as he is born. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A199.4 | Wind drives buffaloes for god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A199.5 | God's day is one thousand years. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A199.6 | Deity authenticates sacred writings in heaven. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A199.7 | Drums and flutes off-shore announce approach of gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 16 n. 3. |
| A200 | God of the upper world. |
| A205 | Witch-woman of upper world. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (Z-G. 13/249). |
| A210 | Sky-god. *Cook Zeus; *Cook Classical Review XVII 270, XVIII 365, FL XV 301, XVI 260; *Hommel "Der allgegenwärtige Himmelsgott" Archiv f. Religionsgeschichte XXIII 193; *Koch Der römische Juppiter (Frankfurt a. M. 1937). —Greek: Fox 152 (Zeus); Babylonian: Spence 76, 121ff.; Hindu: Keith 21, 24 (Dyaus, Varuna); India: Thompson-Balys; Icel.: De la Saussaye 243 (Tiu); Much Der germanische Himmelsgott, Finno-Ugric: *Holmberg Finno-Ugric 217ff.; Irish myth: Cross.—Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 583ff.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 114, 294; Africa (Luba): Donohugh V 180. |
| A210.1 | Sky-goddess. Egyptian: Müller 37 (Hathor and others), 41 (Nut). —Tonga: Gifford 16. |
| A211 | God of heaven. (cf. A210). Icel.: De la Saussaye 233 (Odin); Jewish: Neuman; Gaster Thespis 122f.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 390; Armenian: Ananikian 11, 14, 37; Chinese: Werner 331, Graham; Hindu: Penzer III 257, IV 177 n. 1.—African: Werner African 127.—Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 80 ("Father Heaven"); Hivaoa (Marquesas): Handy 133. |
| A216 | God of the air. *Encyc. Religion and Ethics s.v. "Air and gods of the air"; Greek: Grote I 3; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A220 | Sun-god. **Frobenius Das Zeitalter des Sonnengottes (Berlin 1904); Smith Dragon viii; Montelius FL XXI (1909) 60; Krappe "The Anatolian Lion God" JAOS LXV (1945) 144—154; Krappe "Apollon" Studi i Materiali di Storia delle Religioni XIX—XX (1943—1946); *Koch Gestirnverehrung im alten Italien (Frankfurt a. M. 1933).—Greek: Gaster Thespis 127, 205, 339f., Fox 241 (Helios); Egyptian: Müller 24ff., 129 (Amon); Babylonian: Spence 109ff., 187, 189; Irish myth: Cross; Persian, Hindu: Keith 24—29, 232; Armenian: Ananikian, 11, 33, 37, 43; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 223; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 422; Chinese: Ferguson 90; Russian: Máchal 273, 297, 299; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 735.—Navaho: Alexander N. Am. 165; Pima: ibid. 176; (Pawnee and Plains in general): ibid. 81, 87; Huichol: Alexander Lat. Am. 121. |
| A220.0.1 | Sun-god commits adultery. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A220.0.2 | Sun-god couples with the moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A220.1 | Sun-goddess. Gaster Thespis 30f., 127, 205, 339; Japanese: Anesaki 225ff., *Ikeda, Beckwith Myth 102; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A220.2 | The sun-god and his family. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A221 | Sun-father. *Fb "sol" III 457b.—Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 81, 87; Zuсi: ibid. 187; S. Am. Indian (Guarani): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93. |
| A222 | Sun-god bitten by snake, leaves earth for heaven. Egyptian: Müller 80ff. |
| A225 | Son of the sun. Irish myth: Cross.—Central Brazil: Ehrenreich International Congress of Americanists XIV 661; Navaho: Matthews MAFLS V 104ff. |
| A226 | Sun father-in-law. American Indian: *Thompson Tales 312 n. 123. |
| A227 | Two sun-gods. |
| A227.1 | Male sun-god while ascending; female while setting. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 12, chap. 2 passim. |
| A227.2 | One sun-god for night; another for day (Osiris, Horus). Egyptian: Müller 113. |
| A240 | Moon-god. D. Nielson Die altarabische Mondreligion und die mosaische Ueberlieferung (Strassburg 1904); **Siecke Hermes der Mondgott; Gaster Thespis 291.—Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 186; Egyptian: Müller 32, 33; Maspéro Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'Orient classique 145; Hindu: Keith 90f., Oldenberg Religion des Veda 193, Penzer III 161 n. 1, India: Thompson-Balys, Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 854, II 735, 962; Japan: Beckwith Myth 102; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 223; Armenian: Ananikian 11. |
| A240.1 | Moon-goddess. Usener IV 1; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 186f. (Artemis, Hekate); India: Thompson-Balys; Tonga: Gifford 181. |
| A250 | Star-god. Gressmann Die hellenistische Gestirnreligion (Leipzig 1925). —Chinese: Werner 106; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A251 | God of morning star. *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 17f.; Greek: Fox 247 (Phosphoros). |
| A252 | God of evening star. Greek: Fox 247 (Hesperos). |
| A253 | God of north star. |
| A253.1 | Goddess of north star. Chinese: Werner 144. |
| A255 | Star-deity and drought-demon fight. Persian: Carnoy 268. |
| A260 | God of light. Greek: Fox 179 (Apollo); Icel.: De la Saussaye 253ff. (Balder); Maori: Clark 14, 171n. |
| A260.1 | Goddess of light. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A270 | God of dawn. Gaster Thespis 228. |
| A270.1 | Goddess of dawn. Hindu: Keith 32; Greek: Roscher I 1252 s.v. "Eos"; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A280 | Weather-god. Irish myth: Cross, Beal XXI 326, 334. |
| A281 | Storm-god. See also A282.—Babylonian: Spence 95ff., 188; Assyrian: ibid. 218ff.; Persian: Carnoy 264; Japanese: Anesaki 225; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A281.1 | Storm-goddess. Hindu: Penzer I 272.—Eskimo: Boas RBAE VI 600. |
| A282 | Wind-god. Greek: Grote I 287; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 40ff. (Odin), 102 (Njord), De la Saussaye 225; Hindu: Keith 37, 40; India: *Thompson-Balys.—Penzer IV 110 n. 4, VIII 163 n.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 457; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 232; Chinese: Ferguson 73.—Maori: Dixon 32; Marshall Is.: Davenport 222; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 86, 121.—Eskimo: Rasmussen Myter I 99—102; S. Am. Indian (Arua): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379; Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 101. |
| A282.0.1 | Wind-goddess. Eskimo: Rasmussen Myter I 100, Holm 95. |
| A282.0.1.1 | Facial features of wind-goddess reversed. Eskimo: Rasmussen Myter I 102. |
| A282.0.2 | Wind-angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| 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. |
| A283 | Cloud-god. Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 234; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A283.1 | Cloud-angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| 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. |
| A284.0.1 | Angel of thunder. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A284.1 | Goddess of thunder. Maori: Dixon 57. |
| A284.2 | Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god.—*Harris Boanerges 13—30 passim, Harris Picus who is also Zeus vii; *Encyc. Religion and Ethics I 529a; Hatt Asiatic Influences 36ff.; Gaster Thespis 135, 363.—Babylonian: Spence 193; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 439; India: Thompson-Balys.—African: Werner African 237.—N. A. Indian: Alexander N. Am. 387 n. 32 *Thompson Tales 318 n. 151c.; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (3) 55, (Toba): Métraux Myths 110.—Cf. Persian: Carnoy 289 (Saena). |
| A284.3 | Appearance of thunder-spirit. Eskimo: Rasmussen Myter III 61. |
| A284.3.1 | Thunder god or spirit has very long mouth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A284.3.2 | Thunder spirit lives in world below earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A285 | God of lightning. Gaster Thespis 213; Irish myth: Cross; Hindu: Keith 36; Chinese: Dawsel Magie und Geheimwissenschaft 150.—Maori: Beckwith Myth 250. |
| A285.0.1 | Angel of lightning. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A285.1 | Lightning weapon of the gods. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A287 | Rain-god. Gaster Thespis 122f.; *Smith Dragon vii ff., 77f., 86.—Greek: Fox 159 (Zeus); Hindu: Keith 39, 135, 233; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 98, 412; Chinese: Werner 206; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 134; Antilles: ibid. 25; Aztec: ibid. 71; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 97; Samoa ibid. 19; Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 310. |
| A287.0.1 | Rain-god and wind-god brought back in order to make liveable weather. Have been banished by sun-god.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A287.1 | Rain-goddess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A287.2 | St. Peter as ruler for the air and rain. Often misunderstands the orders of God.—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 31. |
| A288 | Rainbow-goddess. Greek: Fox 241 (Iris).—Chibcha: Alexander Lat. Am. 204. |
| A289 | Other weather-gods. |
| A289.1 | Frost-god. Gaster Thespis 345; Type 480 (*Roberts 120).—Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 233; Icel.: Boberg. |
| 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. |
| A300.1 | Goddess of underworld. (cf. A310.1). Oceania: Beckwith Myth 294; Polynesia: Beckwith Myth 114; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1241) Nukuhiva (Marquesas): Handy 121; Tonga: Beckwith Myth 178. |
| A302 | Angel of hell. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A305 | Demigod of underworld. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/221, 249, 317); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 155 n. 33. |
| A307 | Deity ruler of lowest heaven. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 938. |
| A308 | Warrior chieftain of underworld. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/203). |
| 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. |
| A310.1 | Goddess of world of the dead. Greek: Fox 230 (Persephone); Icel.: De la Saussaye 280 (Hel), 276 (Freyja), *Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 303ff.; Armenian: Ananikian 35; Babylonian: Spence 129.—New Zealand (Maori): Dixon 74; Eskimo: Thompson Tales 272 n. 2. |
| A310.2 | God of the slain. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 44 (Odin). |
| A310.3 | God of the hanged. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 43ff. (Odin). |
| A310.4 | God of suicide. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 177. |
| A311 | Conductor of the dead. Greek: Farnell Cults of the Greek States V 15ff.; Egyptian: Müller 111. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72, 110. |
| 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. |
| A317 | Demon god lies in wait for spirits descending to underworld. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/18). |
| A318 | Rank of the gods in Hades. Chinese: Werner 98. |
| A400 | God of earth. Greek: *Grote I 3; Irish myth: Cross; Egyptian: Müller 42; Persian: Carnoy 260; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 42, 120. |
| A400.0.1 | Gods of earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| 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. |
| A400.2 | Angel of earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A401 | Mother Earth. The earth is conceived of as the mother of all things (cf. A431.1).—**Dieterich Mutter Erde; A. Mayer Erdmutter und Hexe (München 1936); *Lang Myth. 299ff.; Fb. "jord" II 44b IV 247a; Nöldeke "Mutter-Erde bei den Semiten" Archiv f. Religionswiss. VIII 161.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 194, 328; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 239; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 459; Hindu: Keith 230; India: *Thompson-Balys.—African: Werner African 125.—N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 280 n. 37a, Alexander N. Am. 91f., 289 n. 34. |
| A401.1 | Mother Earth pregnant with Adam. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A405 | Nature gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 2, chap. I passim. |
| A410 | Local gods. Chinese: Graham; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A411 | Household gods. Irish myth: Cross; Istrian: Máchal 229; Slavic (general): ibid. 240ff.; Germanic: Meyer Germanen 213ff.; Roman: (Lares and Penates) *Frazer Ovid II 470 n. 1, IV 12ff., Roscher II 1868 s.v. "Lares"; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 454; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 113ff.; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 543—570; Chinese: Ferguson 75. |
| A411.1 | Door-gods. Chinese: Werner 172. |
| A411.2 | Kitchen-gods. Chinese: Werner 166; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A411.3 | Dairy-god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A411.4 | Hearth-god. Greek: Grote I 55 (Hestia, Vesta). |
| A412 | City-gods. Chinese: Werner 403, Eberhard FFC CXX 42, 67. |
| A413 | God of roads (streets). *Frazer Pausanias II 417.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| A413.1 | God of cross-roads. Frazer Ovid II 453ff.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| A414 | God of boundaries. *Frazer Ovid I 95ff., II 481ff.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A415 | God of clans or nations. Jewish: Neuman.—Hopi: Alexander N. Am. 189. |
| A417 | Gods of the Quarters. A god or spirit for each of the world-quarters, north, south, east, and west.—Japanese: Anesaki 243; Chinese: Werner 240.—Marshall Is.: Davenport 222; American Indian: *Alexander N. Am. 286 n. 31; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 137. |
| A417.1 | Beast guardians of the four quarters. Hindu: Penzer VIII 75f., 108 n. 1 (elephants).—Sia: Alexander N. Am. 203. |
| A418 | Deity of particular mountain. (cf. A495). Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 529; Korean: Zong in-Sob 170 no. 73; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 185ff. |
| A418.1 | Angel of mountains. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A419 | Local gods—miscellaneous. |
| A419.1 | Deity of particular forest. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17. |
| A419.1.1 | Angel of the bush. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A419.2 | Deity of the deserts. |
| A419.2.1 | Angel of the deserts. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A419.3 | Gods of seat-braces on canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 16. |
| 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. |
| A420.1 | Water-goddess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A421 | Sea-god. Gaster Thespis 123; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 102 (Njord), 171 (Aegir); Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 210, *Grote I 3, 10, 173.—Society Is., Cook Group: Dixon 39; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 19, 61, 97; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 360, Henry 122; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/441); Tonga: Gifford 87; Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 311. |
| A421.0.1 | Angel of the deep. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A421.1 | Sea-goddess. Greek: *Grote I 173 (Thetis); Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 190 (Ran); Babylonian: Gilgamesch X line 1ff., cf. p. 136ff. (Jensen's edition); India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 269; Chinese: Ferguson 72; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 492.—Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/441). |
| A421.1.1 | Sea-queen and hand maidens entice lovers. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/441). |
| A423 | Waves as girls, daughters or widows of the sea-god. Icel.: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 190. |
| A425 | River-god. Greek: Fox 256, *Frazer Pausanias II 527; Egyptian: Müller 45ff.; Russian: Rambaud La Russie épique 216f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 336, Eberhard FFC CXX 135—141. |
| A425.0.1 | Angel of rivers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A425.1 | River goddess. Irish myth: Cross; Hindu: Penzer II 189 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A425.1.1 | Stream is wife of deity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A427 | God of springs. |
| A427.1 | 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.—Greek: Fox 257; Persian and Babylonian: Carnoy 278. |
| A430 | God of vegetation. **Siecke Der Vegetationsgott.—Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 260; Chinese: Graham.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 76. |
| A430.0.1 | Angel in charge of vegetation. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A430.1 | Goddess of vegetation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A430.1.1 | Goddess of splendor of spring. Hindu: Penzer I 112; Japanese: Anesaki 233. |
| A430.1.2 | Goddess of autumn leaves. Japanese: Anesaki 234. |
| A431 | God of fertility. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 160; Roman: Frazer Ovid II 172; Icel.: De la Saussaye 252; Krappe "Ingvi-Frey and Aengus Mac Oc" Scandinavian Studies (1943) 174—178.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 13, 93, chap. II passim; Marshall Is.: Davenport 222. |
| 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. |
| A431.1.1 | In absence of goddess of fertility, no reproduction of life. Wesselski Archiv Orientální I 304. |
| A431.1.2 | Goddess of fertility of wild forest plants. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 289. |
| A431.1.3 | Goddess causes famine. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 289. |
| A431.1.4 | Goddess of dryness and sterility. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 203f. |
| A432 | God of agriculture. Irish myth: Cross; Roman: Frazer Ovid III 2 n. 1; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 244; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 232; Chinese: Werner 239.—Maori: Dixon 32; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 15, 20, 61, and chap. II passim. |
| A432.0.1 | God plants fields. *Dh I 192ff. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A432.0.2 | Plowman god. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A432.1 | Goddess of agriculture. Irish myth: Cross (A432.0.2); Greek: Fox 230. |
| A433 | Gods or goddesses of special crops. Mangaia (Cook Is.): Clark 140. |
| A433.1 | Corn-god (goddess). *Frazer Golden Bough VII passim; Gaster Thespis 373.—Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 241; Greek: Fox 226; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 231 No. 177.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 75; Zuсi: Alexander N. Am. 188; Pawnee: ibid. 81, 92; Arikara: ibid. 107. |
| A433.1.1 | God of rice-fields. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A433.2 | The seven grain sisters. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A433.3 | God of the vine. Greek: Grote I 239 (Dionysus). |
| A433.4 | God (goddess) of fruit. Roman: Fox 290 (Pomona); Jewish: Neuman. |
| A433.5 | God (angel) of grass. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A434 | Goddess (god) of flowers. Roman: *Frazer Ovid III 417; India: Thompson-Balys.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 77f. |
| A435 | God of trees and forests. Greek: Fox 267 (Pan); Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 283, II 253; Jewish: Neuman.—Maori: Dixon 32. |
| A435.1 | Bamboo goddess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A435.2 | Fig tree as god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A440 | God of animals. Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A440.1 | Goddess of animals. Penzer I 272 (Ishtar). |
| A441 | God (goddess) of domestic animals. Persian: Carnoy 260; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A441.1 | God of domestic beasts. |
| A441.1.1 | Goddess of buffaloes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A441.1.2 | God of flocks. Russian: Máchal 300. |
| A441.2 | God of domestic fowls. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 120. |
| A443 | God (goddess) of wild animals. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A443.1 | God of wild beasts. |
| A443.2 | God of wild fowls. |
| A443.2.1 | God of owls. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 123. |
| A445 | God of fish. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 11, 60, 90. |
| A445.0.1 | Angel of fishes. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A445.1 | God of the squid. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 60. |
| A445.2 | God of eels. Maori: Clark 163; Samoa: Clark 70. |
| A446 | God of reptiles. |
| A446.1 | God of lizards. Maori: Clark 91. |
| A446.1.1 | God whose shadow on earth is a lizard. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 360. |
| A446.2 | God of the cutworm. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth. |
| A450 | God of trades and professions. |
| A450.1 | God "of many arts". Irish myth: Cross. |
| A451 | Artisan-god. Irish myth: Cross; Hindu: Keith 50 (Tvastr). |
| A451.1 | God of smith-work. Gaster Thespis 136, 154f.; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 28; Greek: Fox 206 (Hephaistos); Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 115ff. (Weland). |
| A451.1.1 | Goddess of smith-work. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A451.2 | God of carpenters. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 317. |
| A451.2.1 | God as canoe builder. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 15. |
| A451.3 | God of handicrafts. |
| A451.3.1 | Goddess of weaving and spinning. Greek: Grote I 51. |
| A451.4 | Goddess of pottery. Greek: Grote I 51. |
| A452 | God of hunting. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 156 (Ullr); Assyrian: Spence 216.—Cherokee: Alexander N. Am. 69. |
| A452.1 | Goddess of hunting. Greek: Fox 183; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 103ff., Boberg. |
| A453 | Shepherd-god. Greek: Grote I 57; Babylonian: Spence 126ff. (Tammuz); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A454 | God of healing. *Jayne The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations (New Haven 1925); *Hopf Die Heilgötter und Heilstätten des Altertums (Tübingen 1904). —Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 179, *Grote I 166f.; Hindu: Penzer III 258; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 247.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 115. |
| A454.0.1 | Angel of healing (Raphael). Jewish: Neuman. |
| A454.1 | Goddess of healing. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 186 (Eir); Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 184 (Artemis); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A455 | God of fishing. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 15. |
| A456 | God of sailors. |
| A456.1 | Goddess of sailors. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A457 | God of thieves. Tahiti, Mangaia, Rarotonga, Maori: Beckwith Myth 447; Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 310. |
| A459 | God of trades and professions—miscellaneous. |
| A459.1 | God or goddess of skiing (or snow-shoes). Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 105 (Skadi), 156 (Ullr), Boberg. |
| A460 | Gods of abstractions. Greek: Fox 299. |
| A461 | God of wisdom. Irish myth: Cross; Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 320 (Odin); Greek: Grote I 10 (Apollo); Babylonian: Spence 184ff. |
| A461.1 | Goddess of wisdom. Greek: Grote I 10 (Athene).—Tahiti: Henry 85. |
| A462 | God of beauty. Tahiti: Henry 128. |
| A462.1 | Goddess of beauty. Hindu: Penzer VII 129 n. 4, 137; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 767. |
| A463 | God of fate. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 10; Egyptian: Müller 52; Slavic (general): Máchal Slavic 249ff.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 392. |
| A463.0.1 | God of fate in shape of golden frog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A463.1 | The Fates. Goddesses who preside over the fates of men.—Wehrhan Die Sage 81; Gaster Thespis 348.—Norse: De la Saussaye 312, Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 32, 36, 47, 131, MacCulloch Eddic 238ff., *Boberg; Greek: Grote I 7; Irish myth: Cross, Beal. 21, 318, 336; Lappish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 256ff.; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 527f.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A463.1.1 | The Fates weave. Icel.: Boberg. |
| A463.1.2 | Three fates in house in woods allot destiny to people. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *936. |
| A464 | God of justice. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 162 (Forseti); Jewish: Neuman; Assyrian: *Spence 222; Persian: Carnoy 260f.; Hindu: Penzer I 4, 84 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A464.1 | Goddess of justice. Greek: Fox 6 (Themis). |
| A465 | God of the arts. Greek: Grote I 43 (Apollo). |
| A465.0.1 | The Nine Muses, patronesses of the arts. Greek: Fox 239, Grote I 10. |
| A465.1 | God of poetry. Greek: Fox 181; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 55 (Odin), 160 (Bragi). |
| A465.1.1 | Goddess of poetry. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 40, Cross. |
| A465.2 | God of music. Greek: Fox 181. |
| A465.2.0.1 | God as harper. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A465.2.1 | Goddess of music. Hindu: Penzer I 243; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 268. |
| A465.3 | God of eloquence and learning. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A465.3.0.1 | God of eloquence and learning as inventor of ogam alphabet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A465.3.1 | Goddess of eloquence and learning. Hindu: Penzer I 1 n. 4, 18 n. 1, 31 n. 3. |
| A465.4 | God of the dance. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 16. |
| A465.4.1 | Goddess of the dance. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A465.5 | God of pictorial art. |
| A465.5.1 | God of tattooing. Tahiti: Henry 234. |
| A466 | Goddess of fame. Hindu: Penzer II 90, 116. |
| A467 | God of happiness. Chinese: Werner 169. |
| A467.1 | Angel of peace. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A468 | The three Graces. Greek: Fox 236, Grote I 10. |
| A471 | God of prophecy. Greek: Fox 178; Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 306ff. (Odin); India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A471.1 | Goddess of prophecy. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg. |
| A472 | God of sleep. |
| A472.0.1 | Angel of insomnia. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A472.1 | Goddess of sleep. Hindu: Penzer V 197. |
| 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. |
| A473.0.1 | Angel of poverty. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys (A489.3). |
| A473.1 | Goddess of wealth. Irish myth: Cross.—Hindu: Penzer X 206 s.v. "Lakshmi"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 268. |
| A473.1.1 | Goddess of prosperity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A474 | Gods of youth and age. |
| A474.1 | God of youth. Irish myth: Cross. |
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