A. Mythological Motifs
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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.
F531.3.5. Giant steps prodigious distance.
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.
E651. God reincarnated as dwarf. F535. Pygmy.
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.
B45. Air-going elephant.
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).
B558. Unusual draft animal.
A136.2.1. Goddess has team of sparrows. Greek: Sappho Ode to Aphrodite.
