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123 different motifs have been indexed in the category Religious motifs:
There are more relevant issues than the ones presented in the list. many items can be found by the search engine, e.g. whitethorn. The most obvious absence may be that of immortality. Immortality, however, is not present as a motif in its own right, but is a theme, that is only a part of or an aspect of other motifs e.g. the intermediate state – try to search for it.- "the old man of the stream"
- (Solemn) prayer day
- Ahasverus, The Wandering Jew
- Allah
- Altar
- Altar candles
- Amor
- Angels
- Armageddon, The Twilight of the Gods
- Astrology
- Baptism
- Belief in reunion with the dead
- Blessing
- Brahma
- Candlemas
- Cherub
- Christmas, Christmas tree
- Church
- Church bell
- Coffin
- Communion
- Confess, Confessional
- Confirmation
- Consecration, initiation
- Convent
- Cross
- Dalai Lama
- Death
- Devil, Satan
- Divine light
- Easter
- Elves
- Eternal life
- Eternity
- Fairies, elves
- Fairy
- Faith
- Faith in Providence
- Fate (goddess)
- Funeral
- Ghost
- God
- God's Kingdom, heaven
- Gods, spirits and demons
- Grave
- Graveyard
- Heathens
- Hell
- High place
- Holy water
- Hymn book, hymnal
- Hymn, psalm
- Ibis bird
- Incense
- Intermediate state
- Jacob's ladder
- Jesus Christ
- Lethe
- Lotus flower
- Love and tears release the soul
- Madonna
- Magic
- Mass, service
- Maypole, May Day, Walpurgis Night
- Mercy
- Merman, mermaid
- Minaret
- Miracle
- Miraculous cure
- Mosque
- Munks
- Nature's assurance of a life after death
- Neighbour
- New year
- Nix
- Nuns
- Oath
- Obelisk
- Ole Lukoie, the sandman
- Omen
- Parish clerk
- Pious humility and gratitude
- Pixie
- Plant spirit
- Prayer
- Priest
- Prohibition of seeing or coming near God
- Prophet, prophecy
- Purification with water
- Religion
- Resurrection
- Ritual
- Sacrifice
- Saint
- Sea ghost
- Sermon
- Sin, sinner
- Sphinx
- Sunday
- Tales about resurrection
- The bone-horse
- The Book of Esther
- The concept of the soul's account of good and evil being settled after death
- The Flood, Noah's ark
- The Garden of Eden, the fall of man, the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve
- The grave-pig
- The Holy Bible
- The Holy Spirit
- The Koran or Qur'an
- The phoenix bird
- The swamp witch, The woman of the marsh
- Theologian
- To die and go to heaven
- Transformation
- Troll
- Twelfth Night, Epiphany
- Unleavened bread
- Wedding
- Whitsuntide
- Will-o'-the-wisps
- Witch
- Wivern, wyvern, The Midgard serpent
- Yggdrasil