μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
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.

  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 141, 1002, II 1369.
Within the index

Filed under Journey to terrestrial otherworlds.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Journey to Land of Men of Heads onlyVoyage to Land of Mossynoikoi. (People of topsy-turvy morals.)Voyage to the Land of the Cimmerians. People who dwell amid clouds of gloom and never see sunJourney to otherworld island. (Cf. F111.1, F112.1, F134.)Journey to land of no returnLand where everyone is wise, from the raja on his throne to the beggar in the bazaarJourney to land of naked people
Filed beside it
Wonder voyagesJourney to earthly paradise. Land of happiness. (Cf. F132.1.)Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etcLand 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 underground

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