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Comparative mythology corpus

Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction

83 tagged occurrences across 12 traditions.

Building, crafting, or constructing as a sacred act # the bridge built with divine aid, the temple constructed by the gods, the weapon forged with cosmic fire.

83total occurrences
83child motifs
12traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
Reading Note

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 MotifRelationshipOccurrencesTraditions
Animal Communicates A Request For Sacred Construction functional_variant 1 1
Animated Cult Image Made By Magical Craft child 1 1
Artificially Fashioned Woman Endowed By Multiple Gods child 1 1
Captive Master Smith Under Coercion functional_variant 1 1
Cosmic Water Boundary On A Crafted Shield symbolic_variant 1 1
Cosmos Represented On A Crafted Shield functional_variant 1 1
Crafted Human Image Lacks Animation Or Vital Functions narrower_than 1 1
Deity Serving As Builder Under Punishment role_variant 1 1
Divine Craftsmanship And Radiant Vehicle functional_variant 1 1
Divine Smith At The Fiery Forge role_variant 1 1
Divinely Forged Replacement Armor functional_variant 1 1
Failed Artificial Replacement Of The Sun And Moon functional_variant 1 1
Forging A Wondrous Object From Small Or Unlikely Materials functional_variant 1 1
Goddess As Patroness Of Textile Crafts role_variant 1 1
Hierarchy Of Divine, Crafted, And Imitative Making narrower_than 1 1
Impossible Bridge Made From A Weapon functional_variant 1 1
Magic Completion And Launching Of A Vessel Without Physical Labor functional_variant 1 1
Magical Making From Natural Materials functional_variant 1 1
Magical Rescue Tool Forged By Smith functional_variant 1 1
Obstructed Magical Smithing functional_variant 1 1
Personified Tools Or Objects broader_label 1 1
Primordial Sacred Architecture Rebuilt On Revealed Model functional_variant 1 1
Repeated Furnace Creation Produces Unsuitable Beings Before The Desired Form functional_variant 1 1
Revenge Through Binding Or Immobilizing Craft uncertain 1 1
Sacred Construction By Ancestral Figures role_variant 1 1
Sacred Object Assisting Temple Construction functional_variant 1 1
Skilled Strangers Outcompete Local Craftsmen And Provoke Lethal Hostility functional_variant 1 1
Subterranean Dwarf Smiths Make Magical Divine Gifts narrower_than 1 1
Supernatural Construction By Spirits functional_variant 1 1
Supernatural Smiths Forge Divine Or Magical Objects narrower_than 1 1
Supernatural Smiths Make Magic Weapons functional_variant 1 1
Temple Built To Avert Plague ritual_variant 1 1
Wondrous Object Forged From Extraordinary Ingredients narrower_than 1 1
Animated Images Responding To Music functional_variant 1 1
Animated Or Life Like Manufactured Image narrower_than 1 1
Animation Of A Clay Bird By Breath curated_mapping 1 1
Animation Of A Cult Object By Supernatural Residue functional_variant 1 1
Animation Of Clay Creatures functional_variant 1 1
Army Builds A Bridge Across The Sea functional_variant 1 1
Bridge Across The Sea Enabling Army Passage functional_variant 1 1
Constructed Clay Helper With Inadequate Heart functional_variant 1 1
Craft Feat Performed Through Three Ritualized Blows ritual_variant 1 1
Crafted Shield As Animated Miniature World functional_variant 1 1
Crossing The Sea By Constructed Bridge functional_variant 1 1
Deceptive Supernatural Agent Creates Or Restores Cult Images functional_variant 1 1
Deity In Disguise Performs Miraculous Construction functional_variant 1 1
Destructive Overuse Of Strength And Magic In Assigned Labor functional_variant 1 1
Divine Descent Of A Sacred Architectural Model functional_variant 1 1
Divine Fire And Metalworking Craft functional_variant 1 1
Divine Smith And Helpers Forge A Hero's Armor functional_variant 1 1
Divine Smiths Forging Heavenly Weapons functional_variant 1 1
Divinely Aided Mastery Over Craft And Natural Forces functional_variant 1 1
Divinely Inherited Bridgecraft child 1 1
Excluded Contributor Completes Sacred Or Meritorious Work functional_variant 1 1
Extraordinary Smiths Producing Heroic Swords functional_variant 1 1
Failed Or Dangerous First Creation From Magical Furnace functional_variant 1 1
Fated Craft That Brings Communal Disaster functional_variant 1 1
Forged Abundance Object functional_variant 1 1
Hero Cuts Passage Through Mountain functional_variant 1 1
Hero Host As Builder Of The Communal Hall role_variant 1 1
Heroic Army Crosses Water By A Constructed Bridge functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Bridge Fixed In Sacred Geography functional_variant 1 1
Idolatrous Animated Image functional_variant 1 1
Living Body Substance Required As A Functional Implement functional_variant 1 1
Magical Craft From Fragments functional_variant 1 1
Magical Craft Production In A Single Night functional_variant 1 1
Magical Simulacrum As Emotional Weapon functional_variant 1 1
Making Substitute Relatives From Natural Materials functional_variant 1 1
Malicious Interruption Causing The Maker's Wound functional_variant 1 1
Marvelous Palace With Deathless Crafted Guardians functional_variant 1 1
Material's Prior Divine And Natural States uncertain 1 1
Music Or Song As Miraculous Construction Power functional_variant 1 1
Musical Instrument Origin Account narrower_than 1 1
Personified Natural Ingredients Cooperate functional_variant 1 1
Sea Bridge Built By A Heroic Craftsman Figure functional_variant 1 1
Sea Crossing By Constructed Bridge functional_variant 1 1
Smith's Crafted Revenge functional_variant 1 1
Speaking Trees Disclose Their Fitness For Sacred Or Magic Craft uncertain 1 1
Trial Creations Before Successful Magic Object functional_variant 1 1
Underground Supernatural Smiths And Miners role_variant 1 1
Volcanic Underworld Like Forge Of Divine Weapons functional_variant 1 1
Wonder Working Hero Makes A Vessel From A Small Fragment functional_variant 1 1
World Bounding Ocean On A Crafted Shield uncertain 1 1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Finnish/Karelian 19 Islamic 12 Hindu 11 Greek 10 Norse 8 Greek/Roman 6 Celtic Irish 4 Celtic Welsh 4 Buddhist 3 Roman 3 Sufi 2 Comparative 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

19 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Crafted Human Image Lacks Animation Or Vital Functions (1), Failed Artificial Replacement Of The Sun And Moon (1), Forging A Wondrous Object From Small Or Unlikely Materials (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 19 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 1056-1128 medium Forging A Wondrous Object From Small Or Unlikely Materials record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14413-14558 high Hero Host As Builder Of The Communal Hall record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18933-19124 high Destructive Overuse Of Strength And Magic In Assigned Labor record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19288-19476 medium Making Substitute Relatives From Natural Materials record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19654-19843 high Crafted Human Image Lacks Animation Or Vital Functions record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19654-19843 high Repeated Furnace Creation Produces Unsuitable Beings Before The Desired Form record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23748-23933 high Magical Craft Production In A Single Night record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24128-24317 high Failed Artificial Replacement Of The Sun And Moon record
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10946-11134 high Personified Natural Ingredients Cooperate record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4073-4266 high Wondrous Object Forged From Extraordinary Ingredients record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4268-4457 high Magical Craft From Fragments record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4268-4457 high Malicious Interruption Causing The Maker's Wound record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4842-5023 high Material's Prior Divine And Natural States record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 5403-5596 high Failed Or Dangerous First Creation From Magical Furnace record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 5598-5794 high Forged Abundance Object record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 5598-5794 high Trial Creations Before Successful Magic Object record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 7842-8032 high Magical Rescue Tool Forged By Smith record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8385-8568 high Speaking Trees Disclose Their Fitness For Sacred Or Magic Craft record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 9496-9697 high Magic Completion And Launching Of A Vessel Without Physical Labor record
Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

12 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Primordial Sacred Architecture Rebuilt On Revealed Model (1), Sacred Construction By Ancestral Figures (1), Sacred Object Assisting Temple Construction (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 12 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1673-1723 medium Deceptive Supernatural Agent Creates Or Restores Cult Images record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9551-9615 high Sacred Construction By Ancestral Figures record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10989-11080 high Animation Of A Clay Bird By Breath record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11082-11146 high Animation Of Clay Creatures record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24638-24735 medium Animated Or Life Like Manufactured Image record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXXIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 30137-30241 high Divinely Aided Mastery Over Craft And Natural Forces record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 39628-39754 high Idolatrous Animated Image record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 39757-39845 medium Animation Of A Cult Object By Supernatural Residue record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 40377-40474 medium Supernatural Construction By Spirits record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5622-5672 medium Divine Descent Of A Sacred Architectural Model record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5675-5730 high Primordial Sacred Architecture Rebuilt On Revealed Model record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5733-5786 medium Sacred Object Assisting Temple Construction record
Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

11 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Divine Craftsmanship And Radiant Vehicle (1), Army Builds A Bridge Across The Sea (1), Bridge Across The Sea Enabling Army Passage (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki Book VI, Cantos XXI-XXII: Ocean Threatened high Divinely Inherited Bridgecraft record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CXVI. The Meeting. / Canto CXIX. Glory To Vishnu. / Canto CXXI. Dasaratha. / Canto CXXIII. The Magic Car.; lines 56396-56450 high Divine Craftsmanship And Radiant Vehicle record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XI. The Summons. / Canto XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened.; lines 50127-50183 high Army Builds A Bridge Across The Sea record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 50186-50367 high Bridge Across The Sea Enabling Army Passage record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 50521-50647 high Sea Bridge Built By A Heroic Craftsman Figure record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains.; lines 50823-50850 high Sea Crossing By Constructed Bridge record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.; lines 50853-50979 high Magical Simulacrum As Emotional Weapon record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.; lines 50981-51135 high Heroic Army Crosses Water By A Constructed Bridge record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65705-65848 high Hero Cuts Passage Through Mountain record
The Ramayan of Valmiki H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62092-62214 medium Heroic Bridge Fixed In Sacred Geography record
The Ramayan of Valmiki INVOCATION.(1) / BOOK I.(6) / OM.(8) / Canto III. The Argument.; lines 1239-1399 high Crossing The Sea By Constructed Bridge record
Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

10 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Artificially Fashioned Woman Endowed By Multiple Gods (1), Cosmic Water Boundary On A Crafted Shield (1), Cosmos Represented On A Crafted Shield (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica and The Iliad. This is a deterministic summary of 10 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1532-1621 high Artificially Fashioned Woman Endowed By Multiple Gods record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745; lines 4158-4264 high Music Or Song As Miraculous Construction Power record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4512-4605 high Crafted Shield As Animated Miniature World record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4607-4704 medium Cosmic Water Boundary On A Crafted Shield record
The Iliad THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5537-5682 medium Fated Craft That Brings Communal Disaster record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25189-25329 high Cosmos Represented On A Crafted Shield record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17834-17979 high Divine Smith At The Fiery Forge record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 18125-18217 medium World Bounding Ocean On A Crafted Shield record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Odyssey BOOK VI / THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.; lines 2992-3088 high Marvelous Palace With Deathless Crafted Guardians record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5483-5539 high Hierarchy Of Divine, Crafted, And Imitative Making record
Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

8 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Captive Master Smith Under Coercion (1), Obstructed Magical Smithing (1), Subterranean Dwarf Smiths Make Magical Divine Gifts (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 8 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2611-2730 high Subterranean Dwarf Smiths Make Magical Divine Gifts record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2942-3047 high Constructed Clay Helper With Inadequate Heart record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS; lines 6539-6657 high Captive Master Smith Under Coercion record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8803-8940 high Supernatural Smiths Forge Divine Or Magical Objects record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8943-9039 medium Underground Supernatural Smiths And Miners record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12651-12759 high Obstructed Magical Smithing record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12874-12978 high Smith's Crafted Revenge record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 13084-13166 high Supernatural Smiths Make Magic Weapons record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Deity Serving As Builder Under Punishment (1), Divinely Forged Replacement Armor (1), Goddess As Patroness Of Textile Crafts (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome BRAURONIAN ARTEMIS. / SELENE-ARTEMIS. / DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN).; lines 3109-3194 high Revenge Through Binding Or Immobilizing Craft record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398 high Deity Serving As Builder Under Punishment record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO. / ROMAN APOLLO.; lines 2666-2715 medium Temple Built To Avert Plague record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome HERA (JUNO). / JUNO. / PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA.; lines 1556-1567 high Goddess As Patroness Of Textile Crafts record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome SELENE-ARTEMIS. / DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN.; lines 3196-3207 high Divine Fire And Metalworking Craft record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9514-9591 high Divinely Forged Replacement Armor record
Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Animated Images Responding To Music (1), Craft Feat Performed Through Three Ritualized Blows (1), Extraordinary Smiths Producing Heroic Swords (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and Heroic Romances of Ireland. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT; lines 10963-11051 high Craft Feat Performed Through Three Ritualized Blows record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS; lines 8949-9047 high Extraordinary Smiths Producing Heroic Swords 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 265-327 high Wonder Working Hero Makes A Vessel From A Small Fragment record
Heroic Romances of Ireland MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 8991-9179 high Animated Images Responding To Music record
Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Impossible Bridge Made From A Weapon (1), Magical Making From Natural Materials (1), Skilled Strangers Outcompete Local Craftsmen And Provoke Lethal Hostility (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4228-4311 high Impossible Bridge Made From A Weapon record
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4737-4866 high Living Body Substance Required As A Functional Implement record
The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7114-7206 high Skilled Strangers Outcompete Local Craftsmen And Provoke Lethal Hostility record
The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7770-7855 high Magical Making From Natural Materials record
Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Animal Communicates A Request For Sacred Construction (1), Deity In Disguise Performs Miraculous Construction (1), Excluded Contributor Completes Sacred Or Meritorious Work (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 11773-11903 medium Excluded Contributor Completes Sacred Or Meritorious Work record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 17199-17302 medium Animal Communicates A Request For Sacred Construction record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4436-4521 high Deity In Disguise Performs Miraculous Construction record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Divine Smith And Helpers Forge A Hero's Armor (1), Divine Smiths Forging Heavenly Weapons (1), Volcanic Underworld Like Forge Of Divine Weapons (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Aeneid of Virgil and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5333-5401 high Divine Smith And Helpers Forge A Hero's Armor record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5333-5401 high Volcanic Underworld Like Forge Of Divine Weapons record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10032-10109 high Divine Smiths Forging Heavenly Weapons record
Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Animated Cult Image Made By Magical Craft (1), Musical Instrument Origin Account (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Poems from the Divan of Hafiz and The Mesnevi. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XXXIV / XXXVI / XXXVII / XXXIX; lines 3892-3989 high Animated Cult Image Made By Magical Craft record
The Mesnevi XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 14479-14639 high Musical Instrument Origin Account record
Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Personified Tools Or Objects (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12961-13082 high Personified Tools Or Objects record
Converges

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.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Buddhist leans toward Animal Communicates A Request For Sacred Construction; Sufi leans toward Animated Cult Image Made By Magical Craft; Celtic Irish leans toward Animated Images Responding To Music; Islamic leans toward Primordial Sacred Architecture Rebuilt On Revealed Model; Hindu leans toward Divine Craftsmanship And Radiant Vehicle; Greek leans toward Artificially Fashioned Woman Endowed By Multiple Gods.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.
ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 11 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 10 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 10 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 3 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 11 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 12 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 4 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 8 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 4 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 19 tagged occurrences