μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • English Wells 145 (Parthenope of Blois)
  • Celtic K. Zimmer Brendans Meerfahrt (Zeitschrift für deutsche Altertum XXXIII [1889] 129–220, 257–338)
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • Hindu Tawney I 525
  • Chinese Giles 8ff., 397ff.
  • general **Nutt in Meyer Voyage of Bran I 105ff.
  • general Patch *Other World 381 s. v. "paradise"
  • general *Graf La leggenda del paradiso terrestre (Torino, 1878)
  • general *BP IV 269 n. 1
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 48
  • general Norlind Skattsägner 88ff.
  • general Hartland Science 194, 199, 202
  • general *Loomis White Magic 116. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Journey to terrestrial otherworlds.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Four earthly paradises Swineherd finds terrestrial paradise while looking for lost sow Journey to Isle of Laughter Voyage to Land of Promise Voyage to Land of Lotus Eaters Paradise of the Blessed, a subterranean world Land where all creatures are friendly to one another Voyage to land without evil
Filed beside it
Wonder voyages Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc Land of men Journey inside the earth Journey to the Land of the Unborn Journey to the Land of the Immortals Journey to the Land of the Thunders Journey to Mother of Time Journey to world of spirits Journey to land of giants Journey to land of little men (pygmies) Journey to land of demons Journey to otherworld where people are made whole (cured) Journey to land without sky: takes whole life. Premature aging Journey to animal kingdom. Usually underground Miscellaneous otherworlds
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Earthly paradise on mountain. (Cf. F111.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Kingdom of fishes Animals carry men Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) Light extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.)

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