μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Rivers in otherworld. (Cf. A671.2.2.6, F141.1.)

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · Miscellaneous otherworlds. · Nature of the otherworld. · view the constellation · filed as F162.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish *Cross, Beal XXI 321.
  • general Patch PMLA XXXIII 621ff., Other World 382f. s. v. "river"
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 50, Thespis 171
Within the index

Filed under Landscape of otherworld.

13 finer motifs beneath it
The four rivers of Paradise Rivers of wine in otherworld Rivers of honey in otherworld Rivers of mead in otherworld Rivers of balsam and attar in otherworld Rivers of oil, milk, wine, and honey in otherworld Thirteen rivers of balm in otherworld River in paradise with terrible roar. Robs people of hearing Flowing stream forms arc over otherworld isle Jewels in streams of otherworld Perilous river in otherworld River in underworld from tears of living Underworld river from blood of sick mortals
Filed beside it
Objects of crystal in otherworld Garden in otherworld Tree in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.4, F162.1.2.5, F162.1.3.) Sea of glass in otherworld Wells in otherworld Lakes in otherworld Rainbow of honey appears regularly in otherworld Magic fountain in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.2.) Mountains in otherworld
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Other rivers in hell River as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. F162.2.)

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