Beings born in hell have long bodies and cling with long nails to walls

Motif

Beings born in hell have long bodies and cling with long nails to walls.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · Nature of the lower world. · view the constellation · filed as A671.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 14, Section L
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCCXXII
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CXCVII

Filed across the traditions

Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 786.

Within the index

Filed under Hell. Lower world of torment.

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 Horrible sights in hell Frigidity of hell Well in hell (Hvergelmir) Gate around hell

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