μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Otherworld in hollow mountain.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · Miscellaneous otherworlds. · Location of otherworld. · view the constellation · filed as F131

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“Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But, already the King's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead. In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it !”

Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 127 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Location of otherworld.

1 finer motif beneath it
Mountain of Venus. Hollow mountain otherworld where men live a life of ease and lustful pleasure in company with beautiful women
Filed beside it
Land of India (Greece) as otherworldSpain as otherworldAncient Ireland as location of otherworldOtherworld on lofty mountainSubmarine otherworldOtherworld on islandBruidhen (banqueting-hall) as otherworldDirection of otherworldDistance of otherworld
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Community of toadsMagic forgetfulness for breaking tabuAttendants of disenchanted person automatically disenchanted

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