Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame) — Mythoi

Motif

Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame).

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · Nature of the lower world. · view the constellation · filed as A672

Filed across the traditions

Greek Fox 143
Norse De la Saussaye 350, MacCulloch Eddic 330, Boberg. – Chibcha: Alexander Lat. Am. 198
India Thompson-Balys.
general Gaster Oldest Stories 50

Within the index

Filed under Nature of the lower world.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Ferryman on river in lower world (Charon) Maiden at the bridge to hell

Filed beside it

Hell. Lower world of torment Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world Judges in the lower world Ship of hell Workmen and tradesmen of hell In other world one room contains the dead, another contains souls of the unborn waiting to enter the wombs of women, and a third contains all the evil spirits Sun in the underworld Hole to lower world up which people come Nature of the lower world – miscellaneous

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