μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
  • Eskimo (Bering Strait)Nelson RBAE XVIII 515, (Greenland): Rasmussen II 30, Rink 440, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 598
  • Africa (Angola)Chatelain 131 No. 12.
Within the index

Filed under Journey to upper world. Most references for F0 discuss this motif.

Filed beside it
Return from upper worldMan taken to upper world sees all that happens on earthJourney to heaven (upper-world paradise)Journey to see deity. Usually to the upper worldMan admitted into heaven but must not find faultVisit to star-worldVisit to land of the sun

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