μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Wimberly 110. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Bounds of the otherworld.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Otherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under waterOtherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under hillRiver as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. F162.2.)Mist as barrier to otherworldWaves form high wall around otherworld isleWaterfall as barrier to otherworld
Filed beside it
Guardian of spirit-land boundaryRiver of fire as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. A671.2.2.3.)Wood at borders of otherworldPlain (field) at borders of otherworldMountain at borders of otherworldHouses at border of otherworld. (Cf. F163.3.)Wall around otherworldBounds of the otherworld – miscellaneous

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