Sun in the underworld

Motif

Sun in the underworld.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · Nature of the lower world. · view the constellation · filed as A681

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XVI
HawaiianLegends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes, IVIV.
GreekThe Iliad, Book 3
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part II — CHAPTER VIII

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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S. Am. Indian (Viracocha)Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550.

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Filed under Nature of the lower world.

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Hell. Lower world of torment 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)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 Hole to lower world up which people come Nature of the lower world – miscellaneous

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