A. Mythological Motifs
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A161.4. God presides over all male spirits. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 13.
A161.5. Eldest god born in front, younger at back. (Cf. A112.7.) Hivaoa (Marquesas): Handy 138.
A162. Conflicts of the gods. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 1, 3, 8; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 26ff., 172; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 356, 411; Hindu: Penzer I 197ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 225; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 318, 1104. — Gaster Thespis 115ff., 125.
A1750. Animals created through opposition of devil to God. F277. Battle of the fairies and the gods.
A162.1. Fight of the gods and giants. Jünger (F. G.) Die Titanen (Frankfurt a. M. 1944); Mayer Die Giganten und Titanen in der antiken Sage (Berlin 1887). — Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 11, *42 n. 1, *43 n. 2; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 82, Herrmann Saxo II 97ff; Irish myth: Cross; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 356; Chinese: Werner 159; Hindu: Penzer X 77 s.v. "Asuras", X 118 s.v. "Daityas", X 119 s.v. "Danavas"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Samoa: Beckwith Myth 254.
A107. Gods of darkness and of light. A255. Star deity and drought demon fight. E155.1.1. Constant replacement of fighters. In contest between gods and demons, latter are constantly slain and replaced. Q433.2. Defeated giants imprisoned in lower world.
A162.1.0.1. Recurrent battle (everlasting fight) (cf. A165.7.). Irish myth: Cross.
E155.1. Slain warriors revive nightly.
A162.2. Combat between god of light and dragon of ocean. Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian and Egyptian: Müller 104; cf. Chinese: Werner 215.
A162.3. Combat between thundergod and devil (cf. A157.1, A189.1.1, A284, A285). *Balys "Donner und Teufel in den Volkserzählungen der baltischen und skandinavischen Völker" Tautosakos Darbai VI (1939) 1—220.
G303.3.1.18. Devil as shoemaker is struck by lightning. G303.6.2.12. Devil hides in the folds of clothes of people running from storm. G303.6.3.1.1. Devil appears during thunder storm, seeking shelter among people. K1177. Dupe deceived concerning thunder. Q45.2.1. Man saves the unrecognized devil from thunder. Q552.1. Death by thunderbolt as punishment. Q552.1.0.2. Thunder slays people for disregard for him.
A162.3.1. Devil (ogre) steals thunder's instruments. Icel.: Thrymskvida; Lappish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian: *Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI (1939) 33—43.
A162.3.2. Thunder and lightning slay devils. Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian: *Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI (1939) 111—128.
A162.4. Brahma cursed by other gods: now has no temples. India: Thompson-Balys.
A162.5. God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant (cf. A179.5.). India: Thompson-Balys.
A162.6. Battle between God's orderly (giant) and plague. India: Thompson-Balys.
A162.7. Single combat between gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17, 206; Marquesas: Handy 109; Icel.: Boberg.
A162.8. Rebellion of lesser gods against chief. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 60, 118, 155.
A106.2. Revolt of evil angels against God.
