River entrance to lower world

Motif

River entrance to lower world.

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

“Wainamoinen calls his people, On the plains of Kalevala, Speaks these words of ancient wisdom, To the young men, to the maidens, To the rising generation: “Every child of Northland, listen: If thou wishest joy eternal, Never disobey thy parents, Never evil treat the guiltless, Never wrong the feeble-minded, Never harm thy weakest fellow, Never stain thy lips with falsehood, Never cheat thy trusting neighbor, Never injure thy companion,…”

— The Kalevala, Rune XVI · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XVIThompson cites: Kalevala rune 16

Scholars’ trail — 7references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

FinnishKalevala rune 16 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XVI
GreekRoscher Lexikon s. v. "Acheron" I 9
EgyptianMüller 176
AztecKrickeberg 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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