Motif family
Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty
A supreme ruler figure who descends from above or emerges to rule all lands. Includes the world-emperor, the universal monarch, and the cosmic king.
23 traditions
113 occurrences
110 mapped motifs
9 sub-families
- australian aboriginal
- biblical
- celtic welsh
- christian apocrypha
- comparative
- confucian
- daoist
- egyptian
- finnish karelian
- gnostic
- greek
- greek roman
- hindu
- islamic
- jewish pseudepigrapha
- mesopotamian
- nahua maya inca
- native american plains
- native american southwest
- norse
- persian
- sikh
- sufi
Conserved neighbors: royal legitimacy · axis mundi · theophany
Sub-families · the next landing down
Cosmic Governance Under Divine Authority
4 motifs
- Cosmic order under divine sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Cosmic order upheld by divine permission 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- divine sovereignty over cosmos and creatures 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Universal divine sovereignty over heaven and earth 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
Exclusive Divine Sovereignty
4 motifs
- cosmic universal worship 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- divine sovereignty and limited human agency 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- powerless false partners contrasted with sole divine sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- single divine sovereignty against plurality of gods 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
Divine Throne and Enthronement
2 motifs
- creation and divine rule from the throne 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- divine enthronement after creation 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
Astral Hierarchy and Zodiacal Order
2 motifs
- Astral intermediaries beneath a supreme deity 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Celestial ruler and zodiacal order 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sufi
Sky and Storm Kingship
3 motifs
- sky-god elevated to supreme ruler 2 occurrences · 1 traditions
- finnish karelian
- enthroned sky sovereign with thunderbolt and eagle 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- greek roman
- Sky and storm sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- greek roman
Deity as Cosmic Totality
3 motifs
- Deity encompassing creator, preserver, and destroyer 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- solar deity as all-gods and cosmic power 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Solar deity as universal divine totality 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
Cosmic Extent, Measurement, and Limits
3 motifs
- Cosmic measurement by three strides 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Extraordinary king too large for a house 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- celtic welsh
- ruler journeys to cosmic limits 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
Symbolic and Ritual Displays of Dominion
3 motifs
- cosmic dominion praised through game imagery 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sufi
- cosmic supremacy displayed through a world-binding chain 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- greek
- ritualized elemental sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- comparative
Descending and Embodied Supreme Rulers
2 motifs
- Hero identified as supreme divine being 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Supreme ruler descends/appears from above to rule all lands 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- norse
Not yet placed in a sub-family
84 motifs, showing the 60 most attested
- Universal praise by creation 2 occurrences · 2 traditions
- islamic
- sikh
- Solar deity as universal source and composite divinity 2 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Absolute divine unity and non-generation 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- All Father being named Baiame or Byamee 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- australian aboriginal
- All Father figure 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- australian aboriginal
- ambition toward universal conquest and world travel 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- persian
- Benevolent or ruling All Father belief 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- australian aboriginal
- Bound cosmic rulers in spheres and seals 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- gnostic
- Celestial order under superior will 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sufi
- Cosmic creation and enthronement 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- cosmic powers obeying a supreme principle 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Cosmic praise of the divine ruler 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- cosmic praise of the sole deity 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Cosmic scale of divine sovereignty at resurrection 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Cosmic sovereignty over heaven, earth, directions, and mountains 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- biblical
- Cosmic sovereignty receiving universal homage 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- egyptian
- deity glorified through honorific titles 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- mesopotamian
- demon's cosmic dominion curtailed by divine dwarf incarnation 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Divine co-kingship hierarchy in the realm of Light 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- gnostic
- Divine command over nonentity and supernatural beings 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sufi
- Divine control of world, life-register, fortune, and pardon 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sufi
- Divine cosmic stride 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Divine council and cosmic ordering 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- greek
- Divine creator and sovereign first-and-last speaker 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- biblical
- Divine ownership of natural resources 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- egyptian
- Divine self-sufficiency and creaturely service 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Divine shepherd-ruler 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- biblical
- Divine source of all faculties and agency 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- divine sovereignty over creation and offspring 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Divine sovereignty over heaven, earth, and human succession 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- divine sovereignty over life, death, heaven, and earth 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Divine unity and universal providence 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Divinity encompassing creation, preservation, and destruction 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Emergence of an exalted one-god focus within a pantheon 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- nahua maya inca
- enthroned thunder-bearing ruler with eagle and sceptre 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- greek roman
- Eternal creator and transient creation 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sikh
- Everlasting divine kingship and universal praise 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- biblical
- exclusive creator-savior sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- biblical
- Exclusive divine sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- exclusive divine sovereignty over powerless false gods 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- exclusive worship of one God against rival lordship claims 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- False patrons fail before divine sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- four-directional assembly from remote regions 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Golden chain test of supreme power 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- greek
- Heavenly Supreme Power governing human affairs 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- confucian
- Heavenly throne procession and praise 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Hymnic praise of a supreme deity 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- egyptian
- inferred ruler of heavenly bodies and elements 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- norse
- Infinite incomprehensible deity 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- christian apocrypha
- Local deity elevated as head of a divine company 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- egyptian
- maker's authority over clay and vessels 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sufi
- Many praise-names of a supreme deity 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- mesopotamian
- Messiah, Messianic Kingdom, and Son of Man 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- jewish pseudepigrapha
- monstrous many-limbed sovereign 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- hindu
- Moral and kindly All Father 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- australian aboriginal
- Nations submit and confess the sole God 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- biblical
- Natural provisions as signs of divine sovereignty 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- islamic
- Nature as dependent instrument of the divine 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- sufi
- ordered heavenly beings 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- christian apocrypha
- Paternal All Father being 1 occurrences · 1 traditions
- australian aboriginal
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