A. Mythological Motifs
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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.
A665.3. Mountain supports sky. F132. Otherworld on lofty mountain. F750. Extraordinary mountains and valleys.
A151.1.1. Home of gods inside of hill. Irish myth: Cross. — Cheyenne: Alexander N. Am. 123, 127; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 39.
F211. Fairyland under a hollow knoll (mound, hill, sid). F721.2. Habitable hill.
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.
F162.1. Garden in otherworld.
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.
