Comparative mythology corpus
Divine Race and Arrival of the Gods
3 tagged occurrences across 1 traditions.
A race or people of divine or semi-divine origin who arrive, conquer, or settle and bring sacred knowledge, treasures, or civilization. Includes the Tuatha De Danann, the Anunnaki, and the devas.
3total occurrences
3child motifs
1traditions present
800 CE to 1200 CEknown era range
These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.
Child Motifs
| Child Motif | Relationship | Occurrences | Traditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroic Band Intermarried Or Bonded With Divine People | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Coming Or Arrival Of Named Peoples Or Beings | broader_label | 1 | 1 |
| Divine Race Arrival | child | 1 | 1 |
Tradition Frequency
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Celtic Irish
How This Tradition Tells It
3 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Heroic Band Intermarried Or Bonded With Divine People (1), Coming Or Arrival Of Named Peoples Or Beings (1), Divine Race Arrival (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gods and Fighting Men | I. THE APOLOGY / II. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE STORIES OF THE FIANNA / III. THE AUTHORITIES / PART ONE. BOOKS ONE, TWO, AND THREE; lines 15556-15585 | low | Coming Or Arrival Of Named Peoples Or Beings | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | Part One, Book One, Chapter I: The Fight with the Firbolgs; Tuatha de Danaan arrival and four treasures | high | Divine Race Arrival | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 193-263 | medium | Heroic Band Intermarried Or Bonded With Divine People | record |
Shared Structure
The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.
Local Emphasis
Celtic Irish leans toward Heroic Band Intermarried Or Bonded With Divine People.
Reading Rule
structuralthematiccontact not inferred
Timeline
Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling
Gods and Fighting Men
Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 3 tagged occurrences