μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Egyptian Müller 176
  • Sumatra Dixon 160
  • Tonga Gifford 25, 39, Beckwith Myth 482
  • Hawaii ibid. 232
  • Samoa ibid. 486
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 332 n. 200
  • Africa Werner African 136f.
  • general Type 1960G
  • general *BP II 511
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 322
  • general S. Solymossy Revue des études hongroises VI (1928) 311–336 No. 2. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "branche", "paradis"
  • general S. Am. Indian (Cariri): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 559, Métraux MAFLS XL 26, (Langua): Métraux ibid. 106, (Toba): Métraux ibid. 45
Within the index

Filed under Access to upper world.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Tree stretches to sky Plant grows to sky. (Jack and the Beanstalk)
Filed beside it
Sky-rope. Access to upper world by means of a rope Ladder to upper world Ascent to upper world on arrow chain. Hero shoots arrows which join one another in the air to form a chain Mountain reaches to sky Sky-window. An opening into the sky gives access to upper world Road to heaven Tower (column) to upper world Access to upper world – miscellaneous
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Culture heroes brothers Stretching objects Special kinds of sky-rope
Carried in tale types

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