Fruitful island — Mythoi

Motif

Fruitful island.

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary islands. · view the constellation · filed as F733

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 23
Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 7 CHAPTER I. THE LANDING
Greek The Odyssey , Book XIX
Greco-Roman Pausanias's Description of Greece , Book 7
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XVII

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary islands.

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Island covered with treasure Island of rare wood Otherworld island grows foot yearly Island rises up in sea Island with extraordinary support Wandering island. Moves about at will and sometimes appears and disappears from sea Flying island. Floats in sky. (Cf. F755.3.) Islands of extraordinary color. Green, white, etc Magic invisibility of otherworld island. (Cf. D1980.) Island inhabited by only one species Island surrounded by wall of fire; water prevents it from being consumed Island with nightly noise of drums No putrefaction on extraordinary island Extraordinary island upon which no sinner can die (be buried) Battle of islands

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Land made magically fertile. (Cf. D1563, D2081, F349.4, F733.)

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