μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

River entrance to lower world.

Marvels. · Other world journeys. · The lower world. · Access to lower world. · view the constellation · filed as F93.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish Kalevala rune 16 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XVI
  • Greek Roscher Lexikon s. v. "Acheron" I 9
  • Egyptian Müller 176
  • Aztec Krickeberg Märchen der Azteken 146, 215.
  • general Wimberly 108ff.
  • general Kruyt Het Animisme 357ff., Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1157, IV 196
  • general Frobenius Erdteile III 69, 73, 76. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 103, MacCulloch Eddic 320, Boberg
Within the index

Filed under Water entrance to lower world.

1 finer motif beneath it
Dead place net across river to prevent living man from returning to earth. (Cf. F105.)
Filed beside it
Boat to lower world Under-water entrance to lower world Lake entrance to lower world
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: drinking Transformation to escape from captivity Boat made by magic Magic formula (charm) Land of the dead Descent to lower world of dead (Hell, Hades) Dead place net across river to prevent living man from returning to earth. (Cf. F105.) Dead oppose return of living from land of the dead. (Cf. F93.1.1.) Quest to lower world for lost words Quest for unknown magic words. Hero seeks them on the heads of swallows, the necks of swans, the backs of geese, and the tongues of reindeer

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