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

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“The Princess, after a posthumous title had been conferred upon her, was buried with great magnificence a few miles to the east of the city, while Ch'un-yü remained in the capital, living in such state, and gaining so much influence, that he excited the King's jealousy; and when it was foretold, by means of signs in the heavens, that ruin threatened the kingdom, that its inhabitants would be swept away, and that this would be the work…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • GreekFox 109, 111
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • ChineseWerner 390f. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI
  • HawaiiBeckwith Myth XXXVI
  • MarquesasHandy 56, Beckwith Myth 472, 502
  • West IndiesFlowers 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 onlySeparation of sexes in otherworldMan on Island of Fair Women overcome by loving womenCity of women. (Cf. F566.2.)
Filed beside it
Wonder voyagesJourney to earthly paradise. Land of happiness. (Cf. F132.1.)Land of menJourney inside the earthJourney to the Land of the UnbornJourney to the Land of the ImmortalsJourney to the Land of the ThundersJourney to Mother of TimeJourney to world of spiritsJourney to land of giantsJourney to land of little men (pygmies)Journey to land of demonsJourney to otherworld where people are made whole (cured)Journey to land without sky: takes whole life. Premature agingJourney to animal kingdom. Usually undergroundMiscellaneous otherworlds
Travels with
Men held captive in the Land of Women. (Cf. F112.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-godsCreation of the universeWild man as king of animalsUnusual animal as riding-horseMarriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.)Marriage to dog in human formJointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into piecesTabu: looking under certain bell too soonSpirits and demons (general)Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habitsHeadless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breastHeadless persons cannot smell or hear

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