μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Person swallowed up by earth and taken to lower world.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · The lower world. · Access to lower world. · view the constellation · filed as F92.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Pit entrance to lower world. Entrance through pit, hole, spring, or cavern.

1 finer motif beneath it
Girl gathering flowers swallowed up by earth and taken to lower world
Filed beside it
Visit to lower world through hole made by lifting clumps of grass Visit to lower world through opening rocks. Rocks open with a charm Entrance to lower world through mountain Entrance to lower world by making hole in ground Entrance to lower world through cave Hole to underworld kingdom of snakes

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