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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.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 |
|---|---|
| A117.3 | In extreme old age spirits become gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 67. |
| A117.4 | Mortal transfigured to god on mountain top. Maori: Beckwith Myth 250. |
| A117.5 | Gods are spirits of deified dead. Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 316. |
| A118 | Self-created deity. Tahiti: Henry 336f. |
| A119 | Origin of gods—miscellaneous. |
| A119.1 | God made by magic. Tahiti: Henry 341.—So. Am. Indian (Apapocuvá-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 122. |
| A119.2 | Goddess produced by heat of earth. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 178. |
| A119.3 | Arrival of the gods in particular country. Tonga: Gifford 199; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 2, 3, 11. |
| A120 | Nature and appearance of the gods. (cf. A18f.). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A120.1 | God as shape-shifter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A120.2 | Size-changing god. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 127. |
| A120.3 | Incorporeal god. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A120.4 | Formless gods. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 128. |
| A121 | Stars as deities. H. Gressmann Die hellenistische Gestirn-religion (Leipzig 1925); Gaster Thespis 228f.—Zuсi: Alexander N. Am. 187. |
| A121.1 | Moon as deity. (cf. A240). Jewish: Neuman. |
| A121.2 | Sun as deity. (cf. A220). Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 217. |
| A122 | God half mortal, half immortal. Hair, skin, flesh, bones and marrow are mortal; mind, voice, breath, eye, and ear are immortal. (prajapati).—Hindu: Keith 76; cf. Greek: Grote I 3. |
| A123 | Monstrous gods. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.1 | God monstrous as to body. |
| A123.1.1 | Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions.—Greek: Fox 188. |
| A123.1.2 | God with two joined bodies. Tahiti: Henry 344. |
| A123.1.3 | God with good looking and ugly bodies. Marquesas: Handy 124. |
| A123.1.4 | God with body of earthquake (whirlwind, etc.). Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30. |
| A123.1.5 | God with body of caterpillars. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30. |
| A123.1.6 | God with body of stream of blood. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30. |
| A123.1.7 | Goddess with three supernatural bodies: fire, cliff, sea. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 496. |
| A123.2 | God unusual as to face. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.2.1 | God with many faces. |
| A123.2.1.1 | God with two faces. *Krappe Balor 7 n. 24; Usener IV 347ff.; *Frazer Ovid II 95ff; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.2.1.2 | God with three faces. *Krappe Balor 8 n. 28.—Chinese: Werner 324. |
| A123.2.1.3 | God with four faces. Greek: Roscher "Ianus"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.2.1.4 | God with five faces. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.2.1.5 | God with six faces. Hindu: Penzer I 73 n. 1, II 102. |
| A123.2.2 | God's unusual mouth. |
| A123.2.2.1 | Maggots squirm from mouth of man-eating god. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 506. |
| A123.2.2.2 | Goddess with eight mouths. Tonga: Gifford 168. |
| A123.3 | God unusual as to eyes. |
| 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. |
| A123.3.1.1 | Three-eyed god. *Usener IV 224 n. 1; *Frazer Pausanias III 209; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 32; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.3.1.2 | God with hundred eyes. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.3.1.3 | God with thirteen eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.3.1.4 | God with thousand eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.3.1.4.1 | Goddess with thousand eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.3.2 | God with flashing eyes. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 30; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 32. |
| A123.4 | God monstrous as to head. |
| A123.4.1 | God with many heads. Slavic (Elbe): Máchal 283f., Boberg. —Chinese: Werner 241, 321. |
| A123.4.1.1 | God with three heads. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A123.4.1.2 | God with seven heads. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.4.1.3 | God with eight heads. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 209. |
| A123.4.2 | God with head of stone. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 88. |
| A123.5 | God unusual as to arms. |
| 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. |
| A123.5.2 | Marvels concerning God's arm and fingers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A123.6 | God unusual at to legs (feet). |
| A123.6.1 | God with three legs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.7 | God unusual as to color. |
| A123.7.1 | Many-colored god. Hindu: Keith 81 (Shiva). |
| A123.7.2 | Black god(dess). Icel.: *Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 304; W. Golther Deutsche Myth. (1895) 473f. (Hell); Hindu: Keith 126 (Krsna). |
| A123.8 | Goddess with one-and-a-half buttocks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.9 | Lotus plants grow from navel of Vishnu. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.10 | God (deity) girdled with snakes; on his forehead shines the moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A123.11 | God with tail. Mangaia (Cook Is.): Clark 140; Fiji: Beckwith Myth 76; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 113. |
| A124 | Luminous god. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 129 (Balder); India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A124.0.1 | God with luminous countenance. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A124.1 | God with blazing eye. Hindu: Penzer VI 31 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A124.2 | White god. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 152 (Heimdall), 129 (Balder). |
| A124.3 | Goddess with body full of fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A124.4 | God's radiance upon Moses' face. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A124.5 | God in form of comet. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 113. |
| A125 | Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) —Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Samoa: Henry 346. |
| A125.1 | Goddess of war in shape of hag. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A125.1.1 | Goddess of war in shape of (red) woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A125.2 | God with red beard. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| A125.3 | God with gold teeth. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 153 (Heimdall). |
| A125.4 | Beautiful goddess. So. Am. Indian (Huarochiri): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169. |
| A128 | Mutilated god. Egyptian: Müller 92ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Argonautica IV line 984 (Chronos); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A128.1 | Blind god. Hödhr.—Icel.: Boberg, De la Saussaye 268.—India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 284. |
| A128.2 | One-eyed god. Odin.—Harrison (Jane E.) Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion 194; Holmberg Finno-Ugric 179.—Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg, De la Saussaye 226, MacCulloch Eddic 21; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A128.2.1 | God with Evil Eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A128.2.2 | God with single eye, through lid of which passes a polished handle with which lid is lifted. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A128.3 | Legless and armless deity supported on animal. Borneo: Dixon 165. |
| A128.3.1 | God with one leg (foot). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A128.4 | God with one hand. Hand cut or bitten off.—*Krappe études 11ff.—Icel.: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 21 (Tyr); Irish myth: Cross. |
| A128.5 | Lame god. Greek: Fox 205 (Hephaistos). |
| A128.5.1 | God with thick (iron) shoe. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 159 (Vidarr). |
| A131 | Gods with animal features. *De Visser Die nicht menschengestaltigen Götter der Griechen (Leiden 1903).—Egyptian: Müller 15ff.—Mexican: Alexander Lat. Am. 57ff.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| A131.1 | God as part man, part fish. Babylonian: Spence 151 (Dagon); Assyrian: ibid. 216; Jewish: Neuman.—Samoa: Beckwith Myth 76. |
| 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. |
| A131.3 | Deity with animal's head. |
| A131.3.1 | Deity with cat's head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A131.3.2 | Goddess with pig's head. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 178. |
| A131.3.3 | God with ram's head. (cf. A132.14). Egyptian: Müller 135, 405.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| A131.4 | God in tiger's skin. Hindu: Keith 81, 111; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A131.5 | God with goat-feet. Greek: Fox 267 (Pan). |
| A131.6 | Horned god. Irish myth: Cross; Egyptian: Müller 38 (Hathors). |
| A131.7 | Winged god. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A131.8 | Goddess with pig's teeth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132 | God in animal form. *De Visser Die nicht menschengestaltigen Götter der Griechen (Leiden, 1903).—Egyptian: Müller 15ff.; Chibcha: Alexander Lat. Am. 204 (fox, bear); Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: *Krappe "Far Eastern Fox Lore" CFQ III (1944) 124ff.; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A132.0.1 | God in successive animal forms. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.0.1.1 | God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.0.1.2 | God in three forms: gecho, shark, or priest. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 128. |
| A132.1 | Snake-god. Smith Dragon 85.—Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer X 240 s.v. "Nagas"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 139.—Fiji: Beckwith Myth 138, 316. |
| A132.1.1 | Deity has snake-children. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.2 | Monkey as god. Chinese: Werner 325ff.; Hindu: Penzer II 73, 197 n. 2, IV 126, VIII 44; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.3 | Equine god (goddess). |
| A132.3.1 | Horse-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.3.1.1 | Mule-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A132.3.2 | Horse-goddess. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A132.3.3 | Ass-god. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A132.4 | Stag-god. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A132.5 | Bear-god (goddess). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A132.6 | Bird deity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A132.6.1 | Bird-god. Irish myth: Cross.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 91ff., 370. |
| A132.6.2 | Goddess in form of bird. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A132.6.3 | Cock-god. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119. |
| A132.6.4 | Female deities as fly-catchers. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 16. |
| A132.6.5 | Pigeon-god. Tonga: Gifford 62. |
| A132.7 | Swine-god. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.8 | Dog (wolf)-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A132.9 | Bull-god. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A132.9.1 | Cow as god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.10 | Tiger-god. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.11 | Seal-god. Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 310. |
| A132.12 | Eel-god. Tonga: Gifford 57; Maori: Clark 163. |
| A132.13 | Fish-god. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 131, Gifford 79. |
| A132.14 | Ram-god. Icel.: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A132.15 | God as tortoise. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 139. |
| A133 | Giant god. (cf. A128.2). Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A133.1 | Giant god drinks lakes dry. (Indra).—Hindu: Keith 33. |
| A133.2 | Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south.—Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 30; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A133.2.1 | Giant god goes with three steps through the world. Güntert Weltkönig 293ff.; Hopkins JAOS XVI Proc. cxlvii. |
| A133.2.2 | Heaven as God's throne, earth His footstool. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A133.3 | Giant orderly of the gods. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A134 | Dwarf god. Japanese: Anesaki 229; Hindu: Penzer I 144 n. 2. |
| A135 | Man-eating god (goddess). Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 29f.; Maori: Beckwith Myth 243. |
| A136 | Gods with unusual transportation. |
| A136.1 | God rides unusual animal. |
| A136.1.1 | Deity rides boar. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 22 (Freya), 109 (Frey). |
| A136.1.2 | God rides unusual horse. |
| A136.1.2.1 | Sleipnir: eight-legged horse of Odin. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 43. |
| 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. |
| A136.1.4.1 | God rides swan. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.5 | God rides flying elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.6 | Deity rides a buffalo. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.7 | Deity rides a lion. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.8 | Goddess flies in bird's plumage. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 83, 126, 174. |
| 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). |
| A136.2.1 | Goddess has team of sparrows. Greek: Sappho Ode to Aphrodite. |
| A136.2.2 | Goddess's chariot drawn by one-footed horse. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A136.3 | God's chariot goes through the air. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.3.1 | Chariot of fire drawn by four steeds of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137 | Pictorial representations of gods. (cf. A131). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.1 | God with hammer. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg; Gaster Thespis 135, 363. |
| A137.1.1 | God with axe. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.2 | God with club. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.3 | God with wheel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.3.1 | Wheel symbol. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.3.1.1 | Swastika (hooked cross). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.4 | God (goddess) with basket. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.4.1 | God carries brothers and sisters on his back in basket. Hivaoa (Marquesas): Handy 116. |
| A137.5 | God (goddess) with cornucopia. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.6 | Squatting god. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.7 | The bull with three cranes. (cf. A132.6). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A137.8 | Small-pox deity rides nude on an ass with the half of a winnowing fan for an umbrella and with a swing in one hand and a broom in the other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A137.9 | Goddess represented as mounted on a drake, attended by eight chief snakes attended by snake jewels. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A137.10 | God represented as king, world as his kingdom. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.11 | God represented in cloud. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.12 | God represented as bridegroom. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.13 | God represented as priest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14 | God represented with weapon. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.1 | God represented with bow of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.1.1 | God represented with arrow of flames. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.14.2 | God represented with spears as torches. 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. |
| A137.15 | God represented on high throne surrounded by angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.16 | God represented as meteor. (cf. A124). Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 113. |
| A137.17 | God represented as among seven sheaths of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A137.18 | God with long white beard and white moustache. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A138 | God's ineffable name. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139 | Nature and appearance of the gods—miscellaneous. |
| A139.1 | Gods (supernatural beings) have many names. (cf. C432). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A139.2 | Tortoise footstool of God. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A139.3 | Dragon god. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 136. |
| A139.4 | Vampire goddess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A139.5 | God's voice. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.5.1 | God's voice shatters mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.5.2 | God's voice causes thunder. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.6 | God's words. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.7 | Distinctive aroma of gods. Gaster Thespis 211, 389, 397. |
| A139.8 | God appears as an object. |
| A139.8.1 | God as a tree trunk. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 284. |
| A139.8.2 | Goddess appears as coral reef. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 219. |
| A139.8.3 | Smoldering fire of volcano as head of goddess. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 188. |
| A139.8.4 | God of the wind in shape of kite. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 121. |
| A139.8.5 | Goddess in form of tree. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17. |
| A139.8.6 | God in shape of an image. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 2, Chap. I passim. |
| A139.9 | Extraordinary physical characteristics of gods. |
| A139.9.1 | Goddess with red urine. Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 315. |
| A139.9.2 | Gods have ichor, not blood: can be wounded but not killed. Iliad book V line 137. |
| A139.9.3 | Gods covered with red and yellow feathers. Tahiti: Henry 338. |
| A139.10 | God with myriad natures. Tahiti: Henry 336. |
| A139.11 | Gods recognized by natural phenomena associated with their worship—color, scent, etc. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 4. |
| A139.12 | Long-suffering God. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A139.13 | Temperamental goddess. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 840. |
| A139.14 | Ugly god. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 194 No. 135. |
| A139.15 | Greedy god. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 215f. |
| A140 | Gods as workmen. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 327. |
| A141 | God as craftsman. Hephaistos.—Greek: Fox 206.—Tahiti: Henry 342. |
| A141.1 | God makes automata and vivifies them. Icel.: Boberg; Greek: Fox 207; Africa (Luba): Donohugh Africa V 180. |
| A141.2 | God builds temple in heaven and brings it later to earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A141.3 | God bores hole in Hell to cause great heat on earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A141.4 | God lays foundations of earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A142 | Smith of the gods. Greek: Fox 206; Gaster Thespis 154ff.; *Krappe Archiv f. d. Studium d. neueren Sprachen CLVIII—CLXI passim.; Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 115ff.; Lithuanian: Gray 330; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A142.0.1 | God as blacksmith. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A142.1 | Brazier of the gods. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A143 | Carpenter (wright) of the gods. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A144 | Physician of the gods. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A145 | Champions of the gods. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A147 | Gods as fishers. (cf. A165.9). Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 24. |
| A150 | Daily life of the gods. |
| A151 | Home of the gods. Elysium, Avalon, earthly paradise.—Celtic (general): MacCulloch Celtic 14; Irish: ibid. 37f., 114ff., Cross; Welsh: ibid. 193; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 312ff.; Hindu: Penzer I 125 n. 1.; Jewish: Neuman.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 67; So. Am. Indian (Apapocuvá-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 122; Africa (Fang): Trilles 130. |
| A151.0.1 | Home of god where he is the only living one. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.0.2 | God's abode known to none. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.1 | Home of gods on high mountain. Mt. Olympus. Patch PMLA XXXIII 618; Gaster Thespis 138, 170ff.; Greek: Fox 8, Grote I 10; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 23; Hindu: Penzer X 195 s.v. "Kailasa", Keith 149 (Mount Meru); India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 19. |
| A151.1.1 | Home of gods inside of hill. Irish myth: Cross.—Cheyenne: Alexander N. Am. 123, 127; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 39. |
| A151.1.2 | Home of gods in cave. Hivaoa (Marquesas): Handy 104; Tonga: Gifford 81. |
| A151.1.3 | Home of gods in volcano crater. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 167, 173. |
| A151.1.4 | Gods live in cloudland. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 64, 67; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 31. |
| A151.2 | Garden of the gods. Hindu: Penzer I 66 n. 1, 68, 96, II 34, III 5, 24, 138, VI 82, VII 129, 148, VIII 73, 165, 170, IX 21, 87 n. 4; Irish myth: Cross; Babylonian: Ungnad Das Gilgamesch Epos IX 163, cf. 148, 163ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Gaster Thespis 171, Oldest Stories 48. |
| A151.3 | Home of the gods under the sea. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A151.3.1 | Gods live in spring. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 74. |
| A151.3.2 | Home of gods on island. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 67f., 85; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 178. |
| A151.4 | Palaces of the gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 327, 329. |
| A151.4.1 | God's temple of jewels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.4.2 | Palace of gods with door at each end for sun's journey. Virgil Aeneid X line 3. |
| A151.4.3 | Golden mansions of gods. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 421. |
| A151.4.4 | House of god with pillars made of dead chief's bones. Samoa: Beckwith Myth 76. |
| A151.5 | City of gods (God). Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 329; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 290, II 961, 1195. |
| A151.6 | God's home on heavenly bodies. |
| A151.6.1 | God (Indra) has palace on Milky Way. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A151.6.2 | Sun and moon as habitations of gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 85. |
| A151.7 | Deity lives in forest. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1059.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 36f. |
| A151.7.1 | Deity resides in tree. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1319.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 136. F441.2.1. Wood-nymph. |
| A151.7.1.1 | God's home under tree of life. (cf. F441.2.1.). Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.8 | God in sea of milk. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A151.9 | God originally resident among men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.10 | God dwells at particular point on earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A151.10.1 | Home of God the ark and the temple. Jewish: Neuman. |
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