μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Souls in heaven. (Cf. A661.)

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E755.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
  • general K. Kohler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York, 1923)
Within the index

Filed under Destination of the soul.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Heavenly hierarchy River in heaven burns wicked and gives joy to righteous Souls on way to heaven pass through Garden of Eden Sixty thousand Jewish souls in heaven
Filed beside it
Resurrected boys choose to return to heaven Angels separate souls going to heaven or hell Souls of dead presented to Adam Souls in hell (Hades) Souls in purgatory Other destinations of souls
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Heaven. A blissful upper world

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