μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Saved soul goes to heaven.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E754.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish *Cross, Beal XXI 307f., 322, O'Suilleabhain 24, 27, 99
  • Spanish Exempla Keller.
  • general Fb "sjæl" III 213b
  • general Wells 50, 175
  • general Alphabet No. 316
Within the index

Filed under Saved souls.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Souls of warriors go to Valhalla Souls carried to heaven by doves Souls carried to heaven by angels. (Cf V232.2.) Dead and living go together to gate of heaven Dead children invited to eat at God's table
Filed beside it
Condemned soul recovered Burial in certain ground assures going to heaven Soul of hermit who fasts to death for worldly fame would be damned but for past good deeds Souls carried to heaven in chariot of light Souls climb pillars of smoke and light on way to heaven. (Cf. E722.2.1.) Souls of pious as angels

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