μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Perilous path to otherworld.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · Miscellaneous otherworlds. · Access to otherworld. · view the constellation · filed as F151.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • N. Am. Indian Alexander N. Am. 147, 164, 273 n. 8, (California): Gayton and Newman 101
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen I 78, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 586.
  • general Patch Other World 382 s. v. "path"
Within the index

Filed under Road to otherworld.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Perilous valley Perilous glen on way to otherworld Perilous forest on way to otherworld Perilous ford on way to otherworld Place in underworld beyond which hero cannot pass without being tatooed Path to otherworld over sharp rocks
Filed beside it
Hospitable host entertains (guides, advises) adventurer on way to otherworld Mountain pass to otherworld
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Perilous path for soul to world of dead. (Cf. F151.1.)

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