The constellation
F152 Bridge to otherworld
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Access to otherworld · F150 entry
beneath it
keeps company
- Ladder to upper world · F52 entry
- Ascent to upper world on arrow chain. Hero shoots arrows which join one another in the air to form a chain · F53 entry
- Transformation flight. Fugitives transforms themselves in order to escape detection by the pursuer · D671 entry
- Obstacle flight. Fugitives throw objects behind them which magically become obstacles in pursuer's path · D672 entry
- Reversed obstacle flight. Magic obstacles raised in front of fugitive · D673 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Bridge to the Otherworld · ATU 471
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 53