Perilous path to otherworld

Motif

Perilous path to otherworld.

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

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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
N. Am. IndianAlexander 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

Perilous path for soul to world of dead. (Cf. F151.1.)

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