μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · Miscellaneous otherworlds. · Journey to terrestrial otherworlds. · view the constellation · filed as F112

Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Fox 109, 111
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Werner 390f. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth XXXVI
  • Marquesas Handy 56, Beckwith Myth 472, 502
  • West Indies Flowers 432.
  • general *Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 81, Other World *381 s. v. "maidenland"
  • general Hartland Science 202. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Journey to terrestrial otherworlds.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Fairyland (Ireland) inhabited (settled) by women only Separation of sexes in otherworld Man on Island of Fair Women overcome by loving women City of women. (Cf. F566.2.)
Filed beside it
Wonder voyages Journey to earthly paradise. Land of happiness. (Cf. F132.1.) 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.)
Men held captive in the Land of Women. (Cf. F112.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-gods Creation of the universe Wild man as king of animals Unusual animal as riding-horse Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Marriage to dog in human form Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon Spirits and demons (general) Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast Headless persons cannot smell or hear

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