A. Mythological Motifs
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A128.3.1. God with one leg (foot). Irish myth: Cross.
F517.1.1. Person without feet. S162. Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet).
A128.4. God with one hand. Hand cut or bitten off. — *Krappe Études 11ff. — Icel.: Boberg, MacCulloch Eddic 21 (Tyr); Irish myth: Cross.
A172. Gods deposed for a time. A282.1. God of whirlwind. C563.2. Tabu: king having physical blemish. D996. Magic hand. F515. Person unusual as to his hands. F526. Person with compound body. F552. Remarkable hands. P16.2. King must resign if maimed. S161. Mutilation: cutting off hand (arm).
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.
B29.4.1. Man with cat's head. F511.2.2.1. Person with cat's ears. F514.3. Person with cat's snout.
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.
A113. Totemistic gods. A522. Animal as culture hero. D101. Transformation: god to animal. D113.1.2. God assumes form of a wolf. D133.4.1. God assumes form of calf. D142.2. God assumes form of a cat. D197.1. God assumes form of an eel. E611.2.1. Divinity reincarnated as bull. F234.1. Fairy in form of an animal.
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.
