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- Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
- Goddess divides time between upper and lower worlds. Persephone spends six months on earth and six in Hades. A316
- Goddess (god) of flowers. A434
- Culture hero returns and aids followers in battle. A581.2
- Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts. A641.2
- Series of lower worlds. A651.2
- Two lower worlds. A651.2.1
- Three lower worlds. A651.2.2
- Seven lower worlds. A651.2.3
- River connecting earth and upper and lower worlds. A657
- Nature of the lower world. A670
- Hell. Lower world of torment. A671
- Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame). A672
- Ferryman on river in lower world (Charon). A672.1
- Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world. A673
- Judges in the lower world. A675
- Hole to lower world up which people come. A682
- Nature of the lower world – miscellaneous. A689
- Sun at night lowers arm. The sun, a man, lies with arm uplifted. The shining comes from his armpits. When his arm is lowered the shining ceases. A722.5
- Moon's phases caused by watcher's death. Moon is hung in tree and is tended by four men. As one dies it loses a quarter. Later it is united in the lower world. A755.2
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 407 The Girl as Flower
- ATU 467 The Quest for the Wonderful Flower (Jewel)
- ATU 860 Nuts of 'Ay ay ay!' A princess is offered to any man who can bring a glass containing all kinds of water, a bouquet of all the flowers, and nuts of ay, ay, ay! A suitor brings seawater, a beehive, and hazelnuts with thorns so that the king cries, 'Ay, ay, ay!' [H1377