μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Land of dead across water.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Abode of the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E481.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 486
  • general N. Am. Indian (Haida): Swanton JE V 34.
Within the index

Filed under Land of the dead.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Island of the dead Bridge to land of dead Boat to land of dead
Filed beside it
Spain as land of the dead. (Cf. F130.2.) Quarrel of dead and living causes removal of dead to own land Land of dead in lower world Abode of dead in mountain Beautiful land of dead. (Rosengarten) Ghost lives midway between heaven and earth Land of dead in one of the cardinal directions Icy inferno. (Cf. E481.6.1.) Land of dead in sky King of world of dead. (Cf. E481.1.1.)

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