The constellation
F10 Journey to upper world. Most references for F0 discuss this motif
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
- Return from upper world · F10.1 entry
- Man taken to upper world sees all that happens on earth · F10.2 entry
- Journey to heaven (upper-world paradise) · F11 entry
- Journey to see deity. Usually to the upper world · F12 entry
- Man admitted into heaven but must not find fault · F13 entry
- Visit to star-world · F15 entry
- Visit to land of moon · F16 entry
- Visit to land of the sun · F17 entry
keeps company
- Visit to star-world · F15 entry
- Visit to land of the sun · F17 entry
- Toothed private parts. (Cf. F547.3.3.) · F547.1 entry
- Ascent to sky on feather · F61.2 entry
- Path between monsters. Scylla and Charybdis · G333 entry
- Quest for dangerous animals · H1360 entry
- Impossible quests · H1371 entry
- Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire · H1511 entry
- Burning food test. Attempt to kill hero by feeding him burning food · H1511.2 entry
- Smoke test. Attempt to kill hero by smoke · H1511.3 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK III, ch. V
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 39