Milky Way as path of souls (demons)

Motif

Milky Way as path of souls (demons).

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The stars. Note: the question of implicit meanings assumed by the proponents of "astralmythology" is not discussed here; only explicit statements in original sources are considered. · Origin of particular stars. · view the constellation · filed as A778.2.1

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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 XIII

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Finno-UgricHolmberg Finno-Ugric 82. – Mandan, Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 96, 117
S. Am. Indian (Amazon)Alexander Lat. Am. 307, (Chaco, Pampean): ibid. 323.

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