Motif
sky-god elevated to supreme ruler
sky_god_elevated_to_supreme_ruler
A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family, within the sub-family Sky and Storm Kingship. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
finnish karelian
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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 246-336 confidence: high
The visible sky with its sun, moon, stars, aurora, thunder, and lightning is named as likely primary worship object; a personal sky-deity and supreme Ruler follow, with the term Jumala given to sky, sky-god, and supreme God.
The passage describes the visible sky as an early object of worship, then a personal sky-deity, and finally a sky-god chosen to represent the supreme Ruler.
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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 246-336 confidence: high
Finnish deities are compared with ancient gods of Italy and Greece as paired and probably wedded, with abodes and families; the visible sky was likely a primary object of worship, then a personal sky-god and supreme Ruler were conceived under the term Jumala.
The passage describes a sequence from worship of the divine visible sky to a personal deity of the heavens and finally to a sky-god representing the supreme Ruler under the term Jumala.
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