Boy follows nut into lower world

Motif

Boy follows nut into lower world.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · The lower world. · Visit to lower world – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as F102.4

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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.

Africa (Cameroon)Mansfield 226f.

Within the index

Filed under Accidental arrival in lower world.

Filed beside it

Hero shoots monster (or animal) and follows it into lower world Sound of drum followed into ghost town Rescued princess leaves her necklace behind in flight; hero returns for it and is left in underworld

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