μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mysterious punishments in otherworld.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · Miscellaneous otherworlds. · Otherworld – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as F171.6

Cited in the index
  • general *BP III 302
  • general Ovid Metamorphoses IV lines 457–463.
Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary sights in otherworld.

6 finer motifs beneath 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 People in otherworld thatch house with birds' wings. Thatch blows away while they go for more
Filed beside it
Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explained Fat and lean kine in otherworld Broad and narrow road in otherworld People and things that strike one another in otherworld Fighting animals seen in otherworld. Rams and she-goats or wild boars Animals in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beings Unseen hands lave feet in otherworld Demon eats sand; gambler lives wretched life in otherworld
Carried in tale types

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