People in otherworld thatch house with birds' wings. Thatch blows away while they go for more — Mythoi

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People in otherworld thatch house with birds' wings. Thatch blows away while they go for more.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · Miscellaneous otherworlds. · Otherworld – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as F171.6.6

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Mysterious punishments in otherworld.

Filed beside it

Man in otherworld loaded down with wood. Then more and more put on him People in otherworld pour water into tub full of holes Trying to get a beam through a door crosswise in otherworld People in otherworld with horses both before and behind wagon. They pull against each other Man in otherworld kindles fire. It burns out repeatedly while he is gathering more wood

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Task: thatching roof with bird feathers; half blow away while other half are sought. (Cf. F171.6.6.) Symbolic interpretation of ineffectual thatching of house and building of fire in otherworld. (Cf. F171.6.5, F171.6.6.)

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