Rivers of fire in hell

Motif

Rivers of fire in hell.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · Nature of the lower world. · view the constellation · filed as A671.2.2.3

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IrishOld Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic, Tale 12VOYAGE OF THE SONS OF O'CORRA.[CLV.]
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua)Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated), Introduction
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 13, Section CXXX

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Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Rivers of blood in hell.

Filed beside it

Rivers of poison in hell River in hell filled with weapons Rivers of black water in hell Four (three) rivers in hell Other rivers in hell

Travels with

River of fire as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. A671.2.2.3.)

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