Souls in hell (Hades) — Mythoi

Motif

Souls in hell (Hades).

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E755.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish *Cross, Beal XXI 320, O'Suilleabhain 53
Icelandic Boberg
Jewish *Neuman.
general A. Graf Miti, leggende et superstizioni del medio evo I 241ff.
general K. Kohler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York, 1923)
general Fb "helvede" I 589
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 122, 281, 406
general Alphabet No. 43

Within the index

Filed under Destination of the soul.

9 finer motifs beneath it

Souls leave hell on Sundays. (Cf. Q560.0.1.) Souls of drowned in heated kettles in hell Souls in chains in hell. (Cf. A671.2.4.7, Q566.1.) Lost soul to serve as porter in hell for seven years Ghosts gather wood for hell fires Icy hell. (Cf. A677, Q567f.) Dead flailed by demons Devils torment sinners in hell Dialogue between Christ and the souls in hell. (Cf. V211.7.2.)

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 heaven. (Cf. A661.) Souls in purgatory Other destinations of souls

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