Perils of the soul — Mythoi

Motif

Perils of the soul.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E750

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 25
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 10
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 8, Section 50
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVII LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
Literary Crystallization Ulysses , 15 Circe

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
India Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian Hultkrantz 464–480.
general *Frazer Golden Bough III 26ff.

Within the index

13 finer motifs beneath it

Soul cannot enter heaven till body is buried. (Cf. E235.2.) Souls wander after death Perilous path for soul to world of dead. (Cf. F151.1.) Journey of soul to world of dead on reindeer Soul leaves possessions on road to final resting place Souls at Judgment Day Lost souls Saved souls Destination of the soul Contest over souls. (Cf. E754.1.) The soul prays Rejoicing at arrival of rich man in heaven. Event so rare as to cause rejoicing. Poor man enters unnoticed The soul – miscellaneous

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