μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Journey to lower world.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · The lower world. · Journey to lower world. · view the constellation · filed as F80

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "souterrain"
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 25
  • Finnish Kalevala rune 25 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XXV
  • Greek Grote I 189
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Indonesian Dixon 213 n. 12, 215, De Vries' list No. 161
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 199f.
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 151, Thalbitzer 7, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 241
  • S. Am. Indian (Quiché) Alexander Lat. Am. 170
  • Africa (Zanzibar) Bateman 201 No. 10, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 89 No. 16, (Zulu): Callaway 317f.
  • general *Types 301, 650, BP II 300
  • general *Siuts Jenseitsmotive 50ff.
  • general Wimberly 128
  • general Jacob's list s. v. "Underworld"
  • general Tylor Primitive Culture 4th ed. (1903) II 65. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 321, *Hilda R. Ellis The Road to Hell, a Study in the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature (London, 1943), 170ff., *Boberg
  • general *Fb "underjordiske" III 975b
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 51, Thespis 183ff., 195
  • general N. Am. Indian (Arikara): Alexander N. Am. 108
Within the index
5 finer motifs beneath it
Physical features of underworld. Note: physical features of underworld of dead (F81) are listed under A671–A679. Some features of the underworld also appear in F130ff Descent to lower world of dead (Hell, Hades) Hell of women in south of otherworld Ishtar unveiled. Goddess going to lower world passes through seven gates, at each of which she is divested of a garment till she is entirely unclothed Journey to otherworld to secure bride
Carried in tale types

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