μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Soul bound for hell given sight of heaven.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E752.6

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
Within the index

Filed under Lost souls.

Filed beside it
Soul in jeopardy after leaving body Soul carried off by demon (Devil) Raven carries off souls of damned Lost soul in raven feathers Hell-hounds accompany soul to lower world Lost soul gnawed by worms Souls of dead eaten by sky-spirits Souls of wicked eaten by deity Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.)

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