μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Quest to other world for relative.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Quests to the other world. · Quests to the other world. · view the constellation · filed as H1252

Within the index

Filed under Quests to the other world.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Quest to other world for ancestor Quest to other world to take letters to dead relatives Quest for relatives sold to the otherworld King sends hero to otherworld to carry message to king's dead father
Filed beside it
Test of hero before journey to otherworld Quest to other world for samples of magic animals' food Journey to otherworld for magic objects Journey to other world to obtain a wife. (Cf. H1381.3.1.2.) Quest for the location of paradise

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