μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Horrible sights 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

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • general Gaster Thespis 187f.
Within the index

Filed under Hell. Lower world of torment.

14 finer motifs beneath it
Serpents in hell Rivers of blood in hell Tree in hell made of living heads of the dead The fires of hell Dragons in hell Wolf in hell Gnats in hell Toads in hell Scorpions in hell Griffins in hell Birds made of iron in hell Lions in hell Scratching cats in hell Tigers in hell
Filed beside it
Hell located to the north Creation of hell Entrance to cave as gate to hell Hell confused with fairy land Size and arrangements of hell Doorkeeper of hell Frigidity of hell Well in hell (Hvergelmir) Gate around hell Beings born in hell have long bodies and cling with long nails to walls

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