μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • IndonesiaDe Vries's list Nos 162, 164.
Within the index

Filed under Visit to lower world – miscellaneous motifs.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Return from lower world up steep slopeReturn from lower world by being slung by bent treeReturn from lower world on eagleEscape from lower world by magicEscape from lower world on miraculously growing treeAscent from lower world on animal. (Cf. F98.)Escape from lower world by spider's threadMan returning from hell brings heat with him
Filed beside it
Accidental arrival in lower worldDead oppose return of living from land of the dead. (Cf. F93.1.1.)Youths grind in mill of underworldlingsYouths tutored by Vulcan, smith of HellNature of underworld inhabitantsVisit to lower world – additional motifs

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