Three heavens — Mythoi

Motif

Three heavens.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · The universe as a whole. · view the constellation · filed as A651.1.1

Filed across the traditions

Icel. Snorra Edda Gylf XVII, Boberg. Hawaii: Thrum 15, Beckwith Myth 42, 74 → on our shelf: The Prose Edda (The Younger Edda), THE FOOLING OF GYLFE. VII
Maori Clark 163ff.
S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco) Métraux MAFLS XL 25.

Within the index

Filed under Series of upper worlds.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Third sky above prevents earth being burned by sun Region above the three worlds

Filed beside it

Highest of celestial worlds consists of twenty heavens Four heavens Five heavens Seven heavens. A series of seven upper worlds Eight heavens Nine heavens Ten heavens Series of upper worlds – miscellaneous

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Horses of the gods. (Cf. A171.1.) Origin of swans from two fowls fed in Urd's well Castles of gold and silver in otherworld Castles thatched with silver in otherworld. (Cf. F163.3.2.) Giant's treasure. (Cf. F531.6.8.3.1.)

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