μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • general *Siuts 53
  • general Child V 500 s. v. "Ways". Icelandic: Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Access to lower world.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Path to world of deadPath from grave to lower worldBroad path to hellPerilous path to hellPath to underworld marked by knots tied in grass by spiritsTree as roadway to underworld
Filed beside it
Door (gate) entrance to lower worldPit entrance to lower world. Entrance through pit, hole, spring, or cavernWater entrance to lower worldStair to lower worldRope to lower worldDescent to lower world on animal

wander