Motifs
In this motif the world was born or created from an egg that floated in the universe.
What is the Cosmic Egg?
In the Hindu myth of creation the cow is represented in the four Yugas of the world that form a cycle from the Golden age to the age of destruction - the Kali Yuga. The cow represents...
What is Dharma?
I was formed in an egg that had chaos but the elements balanced into Ying and Yang, then I was born from this balance. Who am I?
Who is Pangu?
In the biblical creation story, God takes punishes Adam and Eve for eating from the prohibited tree. Ultimately, they are both to die. What does this physical death explains?
What is death to all humans?
In the indigenous Venezuelan myth Wanadi, the 4th form of Wanadi (Wanadi IV) is the world's ...
What is the savior?
In this motif God said: Let there be water; and oceans, rivers and lakes appeared.
What is Ex Nihilo or Out of Nothing?
In the Popol Vuh the Hero Twins trick the gods of the underworld and win the ballgame This game represents...
What is the struggle between life and death?
My father tried to drown me so I got angry and killed him instead. Ever since I live in the underworld and my people honor me, or else. Who am I?
Who is Sedna?
Every myth has cultural aspects and different stories. Ultimately, what most, if not all myths try to explain is...
What are the mysteries in life or the universe, like creation, birth, destruction, death, natural disasters...?
In the Hindu myth of creation Vishnu represents ...
What is protection, or who is the protector?
The creation of humans motif in which the gods make humans out of a substance, like mud.
What is Deus Faber?
In the flight of Oshun, she transforms from a peacock to a vulture when her feathers are burned by the sun, but she manages to reach Olodumare in the sky. This represents...
What is any form of power, resilience, transformation or strength.
The world went dark because I am one with the sun and I went to hide in a cave due to a quarrel with my brother. Who am I?
Who is Amaterasu?
In Japan there are shrines for Amaterasu and other Kami (spirits). This shrines and spirits are part of the Japanese philosophy (some see it as a religion) called...
What is Shintoism?
In Sedna, the byrdman is both human and animal. What archetype does he represent?
What is a spirit or a trickster?
In this motif the world, or parts of it, are created by putting together or separating elements like sky and earth.
What is Consumption and Division?
The 12 labors of hercules represent...
What is overcoming obstacles or facing inner demons?
I am part of Enuma Elish, a Babylonian myth tin which older gods and younger ones fight each other. I am a champion because I kill Tiamat and from her blood I create humanity. Who am I?
Who is Marduk?
Some myths, like Vidar or Emanu Elish, see vengeance as an inevitable need to bring ...
What is justice or life?
In Amaterasu, what is her grandchild's archetype?
What is royalty or the emperor?
The motif that creates humans from other body fluids, like Eve that was created from Adam's rib.
What is Divine emision?
Vidar vengeance and silent killing represents...
What is justice?
In this Greek myth Zeus arranges for me to be part of the time with my father in the underworld during Fall and Winter, and during Spring and Summer I would go up to the world with my mother. Who am I?
Who is Persephone?
Myths tend to have gods or characters that represent good and evil. The archetypes for good and evil characters are...
What is the Hero and the Anti-Hero?
What is the archetype of the Hero Twins in the popol Vuh?
What is the Hero or the Trickster?