The Homeric Hymns

What are the motifs in The Homeric Hymns by Homer?

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The humanity of the Gods is a recurring idea. Ironically, however, and in further consideration of a point made in "The Nature of the Gods" above, there is also the very strong sense about these hymns that while the Classical Gods whose stories are narrated here are all powerful, they are also all too human. This is a clear and vivid contrast to the monotheistic God - one could never, for example, imagine the Christian God, the ruler of all, to have sexual encounters with as many females as Zeus, the ruler of all in Greek mythology.