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.

  • SiberianHolmberg Siberian 489f
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Types 470, 471
Within the index

Filed under Otherworld – miscellaneous motifs.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explainedFat and lean kine in otherworldBroad and narrow road in otherworldPeople and things that strike one another in otherworldFighting animals seen in otherworld. Rams and she-goats or wild boarsAnimals in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beingsMysterious punishments in otherworldUnseen hands lave feet in otherworldDemon eats sand; gambler lives wretched life in otherworld
Filed beside it
No time, no birth, no death in otherworldOtherworld land of happiness. (Cf. F165.6, F167.9, F169.8.)Hero carried off to otherworld by his supernatural wivesMagic music lures to otherworld journeyHero fights in otherworld and overcomes king (queen), or fairy"Heavenly Academy" in otherworldColors of the otherworldLovemaking in otherworldMortals held by magic in otherworldFoods in otherworldOtherworld kingOtherworld queenAdditional otherworld motifs
Carried in tale types

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