μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • IcelandicBoberg
  • Jewish*Neuman.
  • general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 209a s. v. "Baum bewacht"
Within the index

Filed under Bounds of the otherworld.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Fiery rampart revolves around otherworld isleWall of silver around otherworldOtherworld surrounded by palisade of gold and silverPalisade of bronze around otherworldOtherworld surrounded by seven walls and locks of iron and doors of iron
Filed beside it
Guardian of spirit-land boundaryWater barrier to otherworldRiver 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.)Bounds of the otherworld – miscellaneous

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