μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Extraordinary sights in otherworld.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 489f
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Types 470, 471
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Filed under Otherworld – miscellaneous motifs.

9 finer motifs beneath 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 Mysterious punishments in otherworld Unseen hands lave feet in otherworld Demon eats sand; gambler lives wretched life in otherworld
Filed beside it
No time, no birth, no death in otherworld Otherworld land of happiness. (Cf. F165.6, F167.9, F169.8.) Hero carried off to otherworld by his supernatural wives Magic music lures to otherworld journey Hero fights in otherworld and overcomes king (queen), or fairy "Heavenly Academy" in otherworld Colors of the otherworld Lovemaking in otherworld Mortals held by magic in otherworld Foods in otherworld Otherworld king Otherworld queen Additional otherworld motifs
Carried in tale types

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