motif_id stringclasses 27
values | motif_group stringclasses 8
values | motif_description stringclasses 27
values | culture stringclasses 10
values | name stringlengths 2 32 | native stringlengths 1 18 | source stringlengths 8 151 | structural_absence bool 2
classes | aliases stringlengths 2 54 |
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A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Greek | Zeus | Ζεύς | Hard 2004:66-68 | false | Zeus |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Roman | Jupiter | Iuppiter | Grimal 1996:247 | false | Jupiter |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Ukrainian | Perun | Перун | Brückner 1918/1985 *Mitologia słowiańska*; Gieysztor 2006:80-92 *Mitologia Słowian* (Warsaw UP) | false | Perun|Perunŭ |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Norse | Thor | Þórr | Lindow 2001:287-291 | false | Thor |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Finnish | Ukko | Ukko | Pentikäinen 1999:227-229 | false | Ukko |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Indian | Vajra | वज्र | Rig Veda 1.32 (Indra slays Vritra with vajra); Mahabharata | false | Vajra|Vajrayudha |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Egyptian | Set | 𓋴𓏏𓎂 | Pyramid Texts; Coffin Texts; Book of the Dead (storm and disorder god) | false | Set |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Chinese | Lei Gong (Duke of Thunder) | 雷公 | *Shanhaijing* (Classic of Mountains and Seas, c. 4 c. BCE); folk iconography | false | Lei Gong (Duke of Thunder) |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Japanese | Takemikazuchi | 建御雷 | *Kojiki* (712 CE) Kamiumi episode; *Nihon Shoki* (720 CE) | false | Takemikazuchi |
A1141.2 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Thunder-god's weapon (thunderbolt, hammer, axe) | Mesopotamian | Adad | 𒀭𒅎 | *Enuma Elish*; storm-god hymns; royal inscriptions throughout Mesopotamian history | false | Adad |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Greek | Helios | Ἥλιος | Hard 2004:44-46 | false | Helios |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Roman | Sol | Sol | Grimal 1996:420 | false | Sol |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Ukrainian | Dazhboh | Дажбог | Gieysztor 2006:130-141 *Mitologia Słowian* (Warsaw UP); Strzelczyk 1998 | false | Dazhboh|Dazhbog|Dazbog|Dažbog |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Norse | Sól | Sól | Lindow 2001:273 | false | Sól |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Finnish | Päivätär | Päivätär | Pentikäinen 1999:182 | false | Päivätär |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Indian | Vivasvant | विवस्वत् | Rig Veda 10.17.1-2 (origin of Vivasvant); 1.115 (his radiant chariot) | false | Vivasvant |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Egyptian | Atum | 𓏏𓅓𓀭 | Heliopolitan creation account; Pyramid Texts; Coffin Texts; Book of the Dead | false | Atum |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Chinese | Pangu | 盘古 | *Sanwu Liji* (3 c. CE, Xu Zheng); *Wuyun Linian Ji* | false | Pangu |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Japanese | Amaterasu (cave myth) | 天岩戸 | *Kojiki*; *Nihon Shoki* | false | Amaterasu (cave myth) |
A710 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Creation/origin of the sun | Mesopotamian | Utu's daily journey | — | Sumerian Utu hymns; Akkadian Shamash hymns | false | Utu's daily journey |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Greek | Hephaestus | Ἥφαιστος | Hard 2004:188-195 | false | Hephaestus |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Roman | Vulcan | Vulcanus | Grimal 1996:462 | false | Vulcan |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Ukrainian | Svarog | Сварог | Gieysztor 2006:128-130 *Mitologia Słowian* (Warsaw UP) | false | Svarog |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Norse | Brokkr | Brokkr | Lindow 2001:81-82 | false | Brokkr |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Finnish | Ilmarinen | Ilmarinen | Pentikäinen 1999:135-147 | false | Ilmarinen|Ilmari |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Indian | Tvashtar | त्वष्टृ | Rig Veda 1.32, 10.81 (forges Indra's vajra; 'all-fashioner') | false | Tvashtar |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Egyptian | Ptah | 𓍿𓏏𓎛 | Memphite Theology (Shabaka Stone, c. 700 BCE); Pyramid Texts | false | Ptah |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Chinese | Lu Ban | 鲁班 | *Lüshi Chunqiu*; *Mozi*; folk patron of craftsmen since Spring & Autumn period | false | Lu Ban |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Japanese | Amatsumara | 天津麻羅 | *Kojiki* (712 CE) | false | Amatsumara |
A142.1 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Smith of the gods (divine craftsman) | Mesopotamian | Ea (Enki) | 𒀭𒂗𒆠 | Sumerian *Enki and the World Order*; *Atrahasis*; *Enuma Elish* | false | Ea (Enki) |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Greek | Hades | ᾍδης | Hard 2004:105-114 | false | Hades |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Roman | Pluto | Pluto/Dis Pater | Grimal 1996:373 | false | Pluto |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Ukrainian | Nav | Нав/Навь | Gieysztor 2006:117-128 *Mitologia Słowian* (Warsaw UP); Strzelczyk 1998 *Mity, podania i wierzenia dawnych Słowian* (Poznań) | false | Nav |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Norse | Hel | Hel | Lindow 2001:172-173 | false | Hel |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Finnish | Tuonela | Tuonela | Pentikäinen 1999:261-270 | false | Tuonela |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Indian | Yama | यम | Rig Veda 10.14 (Yama-Yami hymn); Garuda Purana (preta-kalpa, narakas) | false | Yama |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Egyptian | Osiris | 𓊨𓁹 | Pyramid Texts; Coffin Texts; Book of the Dead | false | Osiris |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Chinese | Yanluo Wang (Yama-King) | 阎罗王 | Buddhist sutras (transmission of Yama as 阎罗); Daoist *Diyu* texts; folk *Yu Li Bao Chao* | false | Yanluo Wang (Yama-King) |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Japanese | Yomi | 黄泉 | *Kojiki*; *Nihon Shoki* | false | Yomi |
A671 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Hell/Underworld (realm of the dead) | Mesopotamian | Ereshkigal | 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲 | *Descent of Inanna*; *Nergal and Ereshkigal*; *Epic of Gilgamesh* tablet XII | false | Ereshkigal|Ereš-ki-gal |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Greek | Hestia | Ἑστία | Hard 2004:160-162 | false | Hestia |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Roman | Lares | Lares/Vesta | Grimal 1996:456-458 | false | Lares |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Ukrainian | Domovyk | Домовик | Voropay 1958 *Zvychayi nashoho narodu* (Customs of our people, Ukrainian diaspora ethnography); Brückner 1918/1985 | false | Domovyk |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Norse | Tomte | Tomte/Nisse | Lindow 2001:298 | false | Tomte |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Finnish | Tonttu | Tonttu | Pentikäinen 1999:278 | false | Tonttu |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Indian | Vāstoṣpati | वास्तोष्पति | Rig Veda 7.54-55 (Vāstoṣpati hymn — protector of dwellings) | false | Vāstoṣpati |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Egyptian | Bes | 𓃀𓋴𓊃 | Egyptian household amulets, popular religion (Middle Kingdom onwards) | false | Bes |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Chinese | Zao Jun (Stove God) | 灶君 | *Liji* (Book of Rites, 1 c. BCE); folk household tradition continuous since Han dynasty | false | Zao Jun (Stove God) |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Japanese | Kamado-no-Kami | 竈の神 | *Engishiki* (10 c. CE); folk tradition | false | Kamado-no-Kami |
A411 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Household god (domestic protective deity) | Mesopotamian | Lamassu | 𒀭𒆗 | Mesopotamian protective-amulet inscriptions; royal palace gateway figures (Assyrian) | false | Lamassu |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Greek | Heracles | Ἡρακλῆς | Hard 2004:226-260 | false | Heracles |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Roman | Romulus | Romulus | Grimal 1996:407-409 | false | Romulus |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Ukrainian | Kyi | Кий | Primary Chronicle s.a. ~6th c. (Cross & Sherbowitz-Wetzor 1953:54-55); Plokhy 2017 | false | Kyi |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Norse | Sigurd | Sigurðr | Lindow 2001:265-267 | false | Sigurd |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Finnish | Väinämöinen | Väinämöinen | Pentikäinen 1999:63-90 | false | Väinämöinen |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Indian | Manu | मनु | Manusmriti; Matsya Purana 1-2; Mahabharata 3.187 (flood-survivor → progenitor of humanity) | false | Manu |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Egyptian | Osiris | 𓊨𓁹 | Pyramid Texts (Heliopolitan Osiris cycle); Plutarch *De Iside et Osiride* (1c. CE) | false | Osiris |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Chinese | Fuxi | 伏羲 | *Shiji* (Sima Qian, 1 c. BCE); *Yijing* attribution; *Huainanzi* | false | Fuxi |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Japanese | Ninigi-no-Mikoto | 邇邇芸命 | *Kojiki*; *Nihon Shoki* | false | Ninigi-no-Mikoto |
A510 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Origin of the culture hero | Mesopotamian | Gilgamesh | 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦 | *Epic of Gilgamesh* (Old Babylonian + Standard Babylonian versions); Sumerian Bilgames poems | false | Gilgamesh |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Greek | Deucalion | Δευκαλίων | Hard 2004:81-82 | false | Deucalion |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Roman | Deucalion | Deucalion | Grimal 1996:134 | false | Deucalion |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Ukrainian | Potop | Потоп | Chubynsky, P.P. (1872-1879) *Trudy etnografichesko-statisticheskoi ekspeditsii v Zapadno-Russkii krai*, 7 vols.; Voropay 1958 *Zvychayi nashoho narodu* | false | Potop |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Norse | Bergelmir | Bergelmir | Lindow 2001:75 | false | Bergelmir |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Finnish | Vedenpaisumus | Vedenpaisumus | Kalevala traditions | true | Vedenpaisumus |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Indian | Matsya | मत्स्य | Matsya Purana 1-2; Bhagavata Purana 8.24; Mahabharata 3.187 (flood narrative) | false | Matsya |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Egyptian | Hathor (Sekhmet) | 𓉡 | *The Book of the Heavenly Cow* (New Kingdom funerary text) | false | Hathor (Sekhmet) |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Chinese | Yu the Great | 大禹 | *Shujing* (Book of Documents, Yugong chapter); *Mengzi*; *Shanhaijing* | false | Yu the Great |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Japanese | (structural absence) | — | (no canonical Japanese deluge narrative) | true | (structural absence) |
A1010 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Deluge/Great Flood | Mesopotamian | Atrahasis (Utnapishtim) | 𒌓𒍣 | *Atrahasis Epic*; *Epic of Gilgamesh* tablet XI | false | Atrahasis (Utnapishtim)|Atrahasis|Utnapishtim|Ziusudra |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Greek | Prometheus | Προμηθεύς | Hard 2004:88-94 | false | Prometheus |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Roman | Prometheus | Prometheus | Grimal 1996:392 | false | Prometheus |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Ukrainian | Svarog | Сварог | Gieysztor 2006:128-130 *Mitologia Słowian* (Warsaw UP) | false | Svarog |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Norse | Loki | Loki | Lindow 2001:216-220 | false | Loki |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Finnish | Väinämöinen | Väinämöinen | Kalevala runo 47 | false | Väinämöinen |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Indian | Mātariśvan | मातरिश्वन् | Rig Veda 1.31, 3.5, 3.9, 10.46 (Mātariśvan brings fire from heaven to the Bhrigus) | false | Mātariśvan|Matarisvan|Matarishvan |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Egyptian | Prometheus-equivalent | — | (no Egyptian fire-thief narrative) | false | Prometheus-equivalent |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Chinese | Suiren-shi | 燧人氏 | *Hanshu* (Han history); *Han Feizi*; folk tradition | false | Suiren-shi |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Japanese | Kagutsuchi | 迦具土 | *Kojiki*; *Nihon Shoki* | false | Kagutsuchi |
A1415 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Theft of fire | Mesopotamian | (structural absence) | — | (no Mesopotamian theft-of-fire narrative) | true | (structural absence) |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Greek | Apollo | Ἀπόλλων | Hard 2004:140-159 | false | Apollo |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Roman | Apollo | Apollo | Grimal 1996:45-50 | false | Apollo |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Ukrainian | Khors | Хорс | Gieysztor 2006:130-141 *Mitologia Słowian* (Warsaw UP) | false | Khors|Chors|Xors |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Norse | Baldr | Baldr | Lindow 2001:66-68 | false | Baldr |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Finnish | Päivä | Päivä | Pentikäinen 1999:182 | false | Päivä |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Indian | Surya | सूर्य | Rig Veda 1.50 (Surya hymn); Surya Upanishad; Mahabharata | false | Surya |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Egyptian | Ra | 𓂋𓂝𓇳 | Pyramid Texts; Litany of Ra; Book of the Dead | false | Ra |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Chinese | Xihe | 羲和 | *Shanhaijing*; *Huainanzi* (2 c. BCE) | false | Xihe|Xi He|Hsi-ho |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Japanese | Amaterasu | 天照 | *Kojiki*; *Nihon Shoki*; *Engishiki* | false | Amaterasu |
A220 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | Sun-god | Mesopotamian | Utu (Shamash) | 𒀭𒌓 | Sumerian and Akkadian sun-god hymns; *Code of Hammurabi* prologue | false | Utu (Shamash)|Utu|Shamash |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Greek | Ares | Ἄρης | Hard 2004:195-198 | false | Ares |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Roman | Mars | Mars | Grimal 1996:278-280 | false | Mars |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Ukrainian | Perun | Перун | Brückner 1918/1985; Gieysztor 2006:80-92 *Mitologia Słowian* (Warsaw UP) | false | Perun |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Norse | Tyr | Týr | Lindow 2001:299-301 | false | Tyr |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Finnish | Turisas | Turisas | Finnish mythology | false | Turisas |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Indian | Skanda | स्कन्द | Mahabharata Vana Parva (Skanda's birth); Skanda Purana | false | Skanda |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Egyptian | Montu | 𓏠𓈖𓍿𓅃 | Pyramid Texts; royal Theban war-cult (Middle Kingdom) | false | Montu |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Chinese | Guandi (Guan Yu) | 关帝 (关羽) | *Sanguozhi* (3 c. CE historical); *Sanguo Yanyi* (14 c. novel); state cult deification (Ming-Qing) | false | Guandi (Guan Yu) |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Japanese | Hachiman | 八幡 | *Shoku Nihongi* (797 CE); Iwashimizu Hachiman shrine cult | false | Hachiman |
A420 | A_MYTHOLOGICAL | God of war | Mesopotamian | Ninurta | 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒅁 | *Anzu Epic*; *Lugal-e* (Sumerian); royal inscriptions | false | Ninurta |
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