Sky-basket. Ascent to or descent from upper world in a basket — Mythoi

Motif

Sky-basket. Ascent to or descent from upper world in a basket.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · The upper world. · Access to upper world. · view the constellation · filed as F51.2

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 75 receipt

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 355 n. 283.

Within the index

Filed under Sky-rope. Access to upper world by means of a rope.

1 finer motif beneath it

Ascent to upper world on seat attached to cord

Filed beside it

Sky-rope shot by means of arrow Four sky-ropes Special kinds of sky-rope

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world Looking tabu Recognition by "force of nature". Unknown member of family immediately and magically recognized Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim

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