River connecting earth and upper and lower worlds

Motif

River connecting earth and upper and lower worlds.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · The universe as a whole. · view the constellation · filed as A657

Filed across the traditions

Norse MacCulloch Eddic 304, 313
Siberian Holmberg Siberian.

Within the index

Filed under The universe as a whole.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Bridge connecting earth and heaven Heaven and earth touch each other at east, west, and south

Filed beside it

Hierarchy of worlds. A series of worlds, one above the other World-tree. Tree extending from lowest to highest world. (Cf. A878.) Earth under umbrella Primary elements of universe. (Earth, air, fire, water, etc.) World as egg. The two halves are heaven and earth Size and distances of the universe The universe as a whole – miscellaneous

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