Land of skulls — Mythoi

Motif

Land of skulls.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Abode of the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E485

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization Ulysses , 12 Cyclops
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XI
Literary Crystallization Ulysses , 14 Oxen of the Sun
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter II
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 8

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Ekoi) Talbot 275.

Within the index

Filed under Abode of the dead.

1 finer motif beneath it

Land of skeletons

Filed beside it

Abode of animal souls. (Cf. E730.1.) Three worlds of dead Men must enter spirit world armed Land of the dead Land of shades. Everything is done by unseen people Glowing beds of dead. Youth in land of dead puts staff into one of the beds. The iron glows and the wood burns Abode of the dead – miscellaneous

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