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A101. Supreme god. One god chief of all other gods. (Often not worshipped as other gods are.) — Durkheim 274, 409ff.; Leroy La raison primitive 125ff.; Holmberg Gudstron 61ff.; C. Koch Der römische Juppiter. — Semitic: Smith Semites³ 529; Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Fox 153, *Grote I 57f.; Assyrian: Spence 206ff.; Babylonian: ibid. 199ff.; Hindu: Keith 21f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 148, 309; Siberian: Karjalainen FFC XLIV 259, 268ff.; Armenian: Ananikian 11, 14, 37; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 61; Chinese: Ferguson 50, Eberhard FFC CXX 115 No. 70. — Indonesian: Kruyt Archipel 465ff.; Maori: Clark 32; Tahiti: Henry 121, 128; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 45. — African: Frobenius Atlantis X 82, Werner African 123ff.; N. A. Indian: Alexander N. Am. 80, 82, 187, 284 n. 28; So. Am. Indian (Guarani): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93; Africa (Fang): Trilles 130, (Luba): Donohugh V 180.
A102.1. Omniscient god. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 47 (Odin); Irish Myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. — So. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 173, (Guarani): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93.
D1810.0.1. Omniscience of a god.
A102.2. All-seeing god. Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Aeschylus Suppliants line 138.
A102.3. Immutable god. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.4. Omnipotent god. Jewish: *Neuman.
A102.5. Omnipresent god. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
A102.6. Eternal god. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.7. Holy god. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.8. Sleepless god. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.9. Invisible god. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.10. Unity of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.11. Purity of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.12. Perfect God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.13. Loving kindness of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.14. Goodness of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.15. Modesty of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.16. Justice of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.17. Anger of God. Jewish: Neuman.
A102.19. Conflict between God's justice and mercy. Jewish: Neuman.
A106. Opposition of good and evil gods. Hindu: Keith 84; *Penzer I 197; India: Thompson-Balys. — Tarahumare (Mexican Indian): Alexander N. Am. 176; S. Am. Indians (Antioquians): Alexander Lat. Am. 197. — Jewish: Neuman.
A106.2. Revolt of evil angels against God. Jensen Dania II 180; Olrik ibid. II 67; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3002, Legends Nos. 5, 6; Jewish: *Neuman; Irish: Beal. XXI 323.
A106.2.1. Revolting devil banished to hell. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
A106.2.2. Satan's fall from heaven. Jewish: Neuman.
A106.3. Created beings rebel against God. Jewish: Neuman.
A107. Gods of darkness and light. Darkness thought of as evil, light as good. — Babylonian: Spence 74; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A120. Nature and appearance of the gods (cf. A18f.). Jewish: *Neuman.
A120.3. Incorporeal god. Jewish: Neuman.
A121.1. Moon as deity (cf. A240). Jewish: Neuman.
A121.2. Sun as deity (cf. A220). Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 217.
A123. Monstrous gods. Jewish: Neuman.
A123.2. God unusual as to face. Jewish: Neuman.
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.
A123.5.2. Marvels concerning God's arm and fingers. Jewish: Neuman.
A124.0.1. God with luminous countenance. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A124.4. God's radiance upon Moses' face. Jewish: Neuman.
A125. Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) — Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Samoa: Henry 346.
A128. Mutilated god. Egyptian: Müiller 92ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Argonautica IV line 984 (Chronos); India: Thompson-Balys.
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.
A131.1. God as part man, part fish. Babylonian: Spence 151 (Dagon); Assyrian: ibid. 216; Jewish: Neuman. — Samoa: Beckwith Myth 76.
A131.7. Winged god. Jewish: Neuman.
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.
A132.1. 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.
A132.3.1. Horse-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
A132.3.1.1. Mule-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A132.3.3. Ass-god. Jewish: Neuman.
A132.6.3. Cock-god. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119.
A132.8. Dog (wolf)-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
A132.14. Ram-god. Icel.: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
A133.2.2. Heaven as God's throne, earth His footstool. Jewish: Neuman.
A136.3.1. Chariot of fire drawn by four steeds of fire. Jewish: Neuman.
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.
A137.17. God represented as among seven sheaths of fire. Jewish: Neuman.
A138. God's ineffable name. Jewish: Neuman.
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.
A139.12. Long-suffering God. Jewish: Neuman.
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.
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: Beck with Myth 19.
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.
A151.4.1. God's temple of jewels. Jewish: Neuman.
A151.7.1.1. God's home under tree of life (cf. F441.2.1.). Jewish: Neuman.
E90. Tree of life.
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.
A151.11. God's spirit dwells among mortals. Jewish: Neuman.
A152. God's throne. Jewish: Neuman.
A152.1. God's two thrones (of mercy and of justice). Jewish: Neuman.
A152.2. Flames surround God's throne. Jewish: Neuman.
A152.3. God's throne on wheels. Jewish: Neuman.
A152.4. Attendants around God's throne. Jewish: Neuman.
A152.5. Heavenly curtain surrounds God's throne. Jewish: Neuman.
A152.6. Footstool before divine throne. Jewish: Neuman.
A152.7. Bearers of God's throne. Jewish: Neuman.
A152.8. Heavenly throne has Jacob's face engraved on it. Jewish: Neuman.
A156. Precious properties of the gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 266; Jewish: Neuman.
A156.1. Jewels of the gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 120ff., 140ff.; Jewish: Neuman.
A156.2. God's crown. Jewish: Neuman.
A156.3. God's scepters. Jewish: Neuman.
A156.4. God's seal. Jewish: Neuman.
A157.1. Thunderweapon. Stone weapons (axes) brought down by thunderbolt (from Thunder God). — Blinkenberg The Thunder Weapon 1911; Hdwb. d. d. Aberglaubens II 325; Saintyves Corpus du Folklore Prehistorique en France et dans les Colonies Françaises (1934—36) I—III; J. Balys Tautosakos Darbai III 1937 223ff.; Jewish: *Neuman.
A157.2. God's arrows. Jewish: Neuman.
A157.3. God's spear. Jewish: Neuman.
A157.4. God's shield. Jewish: Neuman.
A157.5. God's sword. Jewish: Neuman.
A157.6. God's bow. Jewish: Neuman.
A158. Clothing of gods. Eskimo: Holm 73; Jewish: Neuman.
A162.2. Combat between god of light and dragon of ocean. Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian and Egyptian: Müller 104; cf. Chinese: Werner 215.
A165. Attendants and servants of the gods. Greek: Grote I 10, 67; Icel.: *Boberg (A165.3); Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 964f.; Hindu: *Penzer I 200, X 158 s. v. "Ganas", "Gandharvas".
A165.2. Messenger of the gods. *Güntert Weltkönig 280; Gaster Thespis 139. — Greek: Fox 191 (Hermes, Iris), Grote I 43; Irish: Beal XXI 319, 336; India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: *Neuman; Huichol: Alexander Lat. Am. 122. — Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 31, Henry 164.
A165.2.1.1. Wild beasts as messengers of the gods. Jewish: Neuman.
A165.2.1.1.4. Bears as God's messengers. Jewish: Neuman.
A165.2.1.1.5. Leopards as God's messengers. Jewish: Neuman.
A165.2.1.1.6. Lions as God's messengers. Jewish: Neuman.
A165.2.3. Angels as God's messengers. Jewish: Neuman.
A165.2.4. Powers of nature (sun, moon, etc.) as God's messengers. Jewish: Neuman.
A171.1.1. God rides through air in chariot. Jewish: Neuman.
A172. Gods intervene in battle. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Iliad passim; Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 291ff, Boberg; Gaster Thespis 349; Hindu: Tawney I 412, II 473—477; Jewish: *Neuman.
A175. God reduces the elements to order. Greek: Fox 9; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. — Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 20ff.
A176. God ordains ceremonies and regulations. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 40.
A178. God as prophet. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
A179.9. God plays with leviathan. Jewish: Neuman.
A182. God reveals himself to mortals. Jewish: *Neuman.
A182.0.1. God does not reveal himself; men unable to endure his glory. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.0.2. Human intellect unable to conceive God's essence. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.1. God reveals secrets (mysteries) to mortals. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.2. God gives name to child. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.3. God (angel) speaks to mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
V227. Saints have divine visitors. V235. Mortal visited by angel.
A182.3.0.1. God speaks to Moses from bush. Jewish: Neuman; Moreno Esdras.
A182.3.0.4. God does not directly address women; uses interpreter. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.3.0.5. God speaks from mountain. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.3.1. God consoles mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.3.2. God rebukes mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.3.3. God blesses mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.3.4. God makes promises to mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A182.3.5. God advises mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A184.1. God as protector of Israel. Jewish: *Neuman.
A185. Deity cares for favorite individuals. Greek: Fox 33, 170f., 197; Icelandic: Volsunga Saga chap. 13, Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 187f.
A185.1. God helps mortal in battle. Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross.
A185.2. Deity protects mortal. Jewish: Neuman; Greek myth passim.
A185.2.1. God rescues sleeping man from attack. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.2.2. God makes man's hand rigid so he can no longer torment captive. Jewish: Neuman.
D2072. Magic paralysis.
A185.2.3. God makes sword drop from assailant's hands. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.3. Deity teaches mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.4. Deity buries dead mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.5. Deity assists at man's wedding. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.6.1. God kisses mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.6.1.1. Kiss of God causes painless death. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.7. God prepares food for mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.8. Deity promises to restore city. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.9. Covenant between God and mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
M200. Bargains and promises.
A185.10. Deity accompanies mortal on journey as guide. Jewish: Neuman; Oahu (Hawaii): Beckwith Myth 328; Tahiti: ibid. 221; Africa (Fang): Einstein 94.
A185.11. God rewards mortal for pious act. Jewish: Neuman.
Q20. Piety rewarded.
A185.12. Deity provides man with soul. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.12.1. God resuscitates man. Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 188 No. 128.
A185.12.2. God removes mortal's soul. Jewish: Neuman.
E700. The soul.
A185.13. God puts mortal to test. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.14.1. God causes mortals' sin. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.14.2. God witholds mortal from sinning. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.15. God establishes peace between mortals. Jewish: Neuman.
A185.16. God pities mortal. Jewish: Neuman.
A187.1. God as judge of men. Greek: Fox 227, Wienert FFC LVI 36; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 162 (Forseti); Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 198ff., II 249, IV 238, 275f., VIII 64, 108 n. 1, 163 n. 1, 184, 215.
A189.14. God's enemies. Jewish: Neuman.
A189.15. God as fructifier of mankind and the earth. Jewish: Neuman.
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.
A195.1. God dealing with his angels. Jewish: Neuman.
A195.2. Wisdom as God's companion. Jewish: Neuman.
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.
A199.5. God's day is one thousand years. Jewish: Neuman.
A199.6. Deity authenticates sacred writings in heaven. Jewish: Neuman.
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