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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| F93.0.1 | Boat to lower world. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F93.0.1.1 | Ferryman to lower world. Feilberg Sjæletro 65ff.; Frobenius Erlebte Erdteile VI 278f.—Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Fox 142. |
| F93.0.2 | Under-water entrance to lower world. *Siuts 54. |
| F93.0.2.1 | Well entrance to lower world. Type 480; *Roberts 140. |
| F93.1 | River entrance to lower world. Wimberly 108ff.; Kruyt Het Animisme 357ff., Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1157, IV 196; Frobenius Erdteile III 69, 73, 76.—Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 103, MacCulloch Eddic 320, Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16; Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Acheron" I 9; Egyptian: Müller 176; Aztec: Krickeberg Märchen der Azteken 146, 215. |
| F93.1.1 | Dead place net across river to prevent living man from returning to earth. (Cf. F105.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| F93.2 | Lake entrance to lower world. Africa: Werner African 186. |
| F94 | Stair to lower world. *Siuts 54. |
| F95 | Path to lower world. *Siuts 53; Child V 500 s.v. "Ways".—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F95.0.1 | Path to world of dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F95.1 | Path from grave to lower world. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 224 No. 40. |
| F95.2 | Broad path to hell. Kachin: Scott Indo-Chinese 265. |
| F95.3 | Perilous path to hell. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F95.4 | Path to underworld marked by knots tied in grass by spirits. Maori: Clark 48. |
| F95.5 | Tree as roadway to underworld. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 156. |
| F96 | Rope to lower world. *Type 301; *BP II 300ff.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 147. |
| F98 | Descent to lower world on animal. |
| F98.1 | Trip to lower world on tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F100 | Visit to lower world—miscellaneous motifs. |
| F101 | Return from lower world. Indonesia: De Vries's list Nos 162, 164. |
| F101.1 | Return from lower world up steep slope. New Zealand: Dixon 73. |
| F101.2 | Return from lower world by being slung by bent tree. New Zealand: Dixon 78. |
| F101.3 | Return from lower world on eagle. *Type 301; *BP II 300; Penzer VI 122 n. 2. See references under B322.1, nearly all of which refer to escape from lower world. Indonesia: De Vries Volksverhalen I 161ff. No. 35. |
| F101.3.1 | Return from lower world on vulture. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.4 | Escape from lower world by magic. Thompson CColl II 336ff. (Tehuano, Shuswap). |
| F101.5 | Escape from lower world on miraculously growing tree. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.6 | Ascent from lower world on animal. (Cf. F98.). |
| F101.6.1 | Escape from lower world on bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.6.2 | Escape from lower world on horse of lightning. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.7 | Escape from lower world by spider's thread. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.8 | Man returning from hell brings heat with him. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F102 | Accidental arrival in lower world. |
| F102.1 | Hero shoots monster (or animal) and follows it into lower world. *Type 301; *Krappe Balor 100 nn. 22, 23; *De Vries Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde (1924) 97—123.—Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 163, Dixon 213 n. 12; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 99. |
| F102.2 | Sound of drum followed into ghost town. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 34. |
| F102.3 | Rescued princess leaves her necklace behind in flight; hero returns for it and is left in underworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F102.4 | Boy follows nut into lower world. Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 226f. |
| F105 | Dead oppose return of living from land of the dead. (Cf. F93.1.1.) Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 596—97, 602, MacCulloch Eddic 321, Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| F106 | Youths grind in mill of underworldlings. Fb "male". |
| F107 | Youths tutored by Vulcan, smith of Hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F108 | Nature of underworld inhabitants. |
| F108.1 | People in lower world tall as a broom. Chinese: Graham. |
| F108.2 | People of lower world come out in the evenings to drink and dance. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F109 | Visit to lower world—additional motifs. |
| F109.1 | Visit to lower world made head first. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 148. |
| F109.2 | Hell shown to Jonah by fish. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F110 | Journey to terrestrial otherworlds. *Graf Miti, leggendi e superstizioni de medio evo I 1ff.; Gaster Oldest Stories 51, 168.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F110.1 | Wonder voyages. **Jacobs Book of Wonder Voyages; *Chauvin VII 77ff.; Ward II 516ff.; Krappe Philological Quarterly XXIII (1944) 97—107.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Japanese: Anesaki 363; Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 183; Africa (Benga): Nassau 208 No. 33. |
| F111 | Journey to earthly paradise. Land of happiness. (Cf. F132.1.) **Nutt in Meyer Voyage of Bran I 105ff.; Patch *Other World 381 s.v. "paradise"; *Graf La leggenda del paradiso terrestre (Torino, 1878); *BP IV 269 n. 1; Gaster Oldest Stories 48; Norlind Skattsägner 88ff.; Hartland Science 194, 199, 202; *Loomis White Magic 116.—Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 145 (Parthenope of Blois); *Celtic: K. Zimmer Brendans Meerfahrt (Zeitschrift für deutsche Altertum XXXIII [1889] 129—220, 257—338); Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Tawney I 525; Chinese: Giles 8ff., 397ff. |
| F111.0.1 | Four earthly paradises. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F111.0.2 | Swineherd finds terrestrial paradise while looking for lost sow. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F111.1 | Journey to Isle of Laughter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F111.2 | Voyage to Land of Promise. Irish: Plummer xxxvii, xli, *Cross. |
| F111.2.1 | Island of Tir Tairngire (Land of Promise) cannot be reached in boat made of "dead soft skins of animals." Irish myth: Cross. |
| F111.3 | Voyage to Land of Lotus Eaters. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 280 n. 2. |
| F111.4 | Paradise of the Blessed, a subterranean world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F111.5 | Land where all creatures are friendly to one another. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F111.6 | Voyage to land without evil. S. A. Indian (Guaraní): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 94. |
| F112 | Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 81, Other World *381 s.v. "maidenland"; Hartland Science 202.—Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 109, 111; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 390f.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth XXXVI; Marquesas: Handy 56, Beckwith Myth 472, 502; West Indies: Flowers 432. |
| F112.0.1 | Fairyland (Ireland) inhabited (settled) by women only. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F112.0.1.1 | Journey to island inhabited by only one (beautiful) woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F112.0.2 | Separation of sexes in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F112.1 | Man on Island of Fair Women overcome by loving women. Irish myth: *Cross; Oceanic: Dixon 66, 140, 141 n. 22; N. A. Indian (Assiniboin): Lowie PaAM IV 106 No. 6, (Cree): Skinner PaAM IX 87. |
| F112.2 | City of women. (Cf. F566.2.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F113 | Land of men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F114 | Journey inside the earth. Chinese: Graham. |
| F115 | Journey to the Land of the Unborn. Zemmrich Internationales Archiv für Ethnologie IV 231. Cf. Maeterlinck's "L'Oiseau Bleue". |
| F116 | Journey to the Land of the Immortals. Type 313*; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F116.1 | Voyage to the Land of Youth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F117 | Journey to the Land of the Thunders. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 334 n. 206, (Cherokee): Alexander N. Am. 69; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 202, 359. |
| F118 | Journey to Mother of Time. Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| F121 | Journey to world of spirits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F122 | Journey to land of giants. Irish myth: Cross (F129.10); Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 17; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F123 | Journey to land of little men (pygmies). Irish myth: Cross; Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 17. |
| F124 | Journey to land of demons. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F125 | Journey to otherworld where people are made whole (cured). Jewish: *Neuman; American Indian: Thompson Tales 349 n. 256; Africa: Werner African 204. |
| F126 | Journey to land without sky: takes whole life. Premature aging. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F127 | Journey to animal kingdom. Usually underground. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Mackenzie area): Jenness 154; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 348 nn. 252, 253. |
| F127.1 | Journey to serpent kingdom. |
| F127.1.1 | Subterranean palace at bottom of lake belonging to king of serpents. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 390. |
| F127.2 | Journey to land of elephants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F127.3 | Journey to land of crocodiles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F129 | Miscellaneous otherworlds. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 141, 1002, II 1369. |
| F129.1 | Journey to Land of Men of Heads only. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 273. |
| F129.2 | Voyage to Land of Mossynoikoi. (People of topsy-turvy morals.) Greek: Fox 111. |
| F129.3 | Voyage to the Land of the Cimmerians. People who dwell amid clouds of gloom and never see sun. Greek: Fox 145. |
| F129.4 | Journey to otherworld island. (Cf. F111.1, F112.1, F134.) |
| F129.4.1 | Journey to Isle of Tears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F129.4.2 | Voyage to Isle of Truth. People cannot lie. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F129.4.3 | Voyage to Isle of Shape. Visitors become beautiful. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F129.4.4 | Voyage to Isle of the Dead. Visitors who sleep there die. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F129.4.5 | Voyage to Island of Darkness. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 500. |
| F129.4.6 | Voyage to Island of Silence. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 500. |
| F129.5 | Journey to land of no return. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F129.5.1 | Hero takes a mare to ride to land of no return: mare has just foaled and brings him back in her anxiety over her foal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F129.6 | Land where everyone is wise, from the raja on his throne to the beggar in the bazaar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F129.7 | Journey to land of naked people. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F130 | Location of otherworld. *Wimberly 121ff.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F130.1 | Land of India (Greece) as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F130.2 | Spain as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F130.3 | Ancient Ireland as location of otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F131 | Otherworld in hollow mountain. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 612f., Other World *381 s.v. "Mountain"; Wimberly 130.—Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 127; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3594. |
| F131.1 | Mountain of Venus. Hollow mountain otherworld where men live a life of ease and lustful pleasure in company with beautiful women. **Barto Tannhäuser and the Mountain of Venus; *Patch PMLA XXXIII 612f.; *Meyer Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 1ff.; Bockel Alemannia XIII (1885) 142; *Norlind Skattsägner 88ff.—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F131.1.1 | Mountain of fair-haired women. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F132 | Otherworld on lofty mountain. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 606ff., Other World *381 s.v. "mountain, on the"; Wimberly 132. |
| F132.0.1 | Otherworld visible from high mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 615. |
| F132.1 | Earthly paradise on mountain. (Cf. F111.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 618 n. 57. |
| F132.1.1 | Earthly paradise in air over mountain. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 76. |
| F132.2 | Dwelling of Fortune on lofty mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 609ff., Fortuna 132ff.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F133 | Submarine otherworld. Patch PMLA XXXIII 627 n. 92, Other World *380 s.v. "Land-beneath-the-waves"; Wimberly 134; Ward II 525; Chauvin V 151 No. 73; Penzer VI 280; Smith Dragon 109.—Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Campbell Tales III 420; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 112f.; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 636; Breton: *Le Braz Légende de la Mort II 37ff.; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Slavic: Máchal 270; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 69; Maori: Clark III; N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 7; Africa: Werner African 188, 206, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 39 No. 4, (Basuto): Jacottet 122 No. 17, 204 No. 30, 224 No. 33. |
| F133.1 | Marine counterpart to land. All that exists on earth has its parallel in the sea. *Chauvin VII 54 No. 241 B n. 1.—Irish myth: *Cross; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 636. |
| F133.2 | Empty under-water house. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 81. |
| F133.3 | Submarine monastery. (Cf. F725.6.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F133.4 | Otherworld at bottom of pond. German: Grimm No. 181. |
| F133.5 | Otherworld at bottom of well. *Type 480. |
| F134 | Otherworld on island. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 628f. nn. 93—96, Other World 379 s.v. "island".—Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 55, Beal XXI 321; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72, 79; Samoa, Fiji: ibid. 76. |
| F134.0.1 | Series of otherworld islands. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F134.1 | Hebrides, Isle of Man (Falga) as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F134.2 | Otherworld island disappears leaving voyagers in boat at sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F134.3 | Otherworld island divided into four parts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F134.4 | Divine swans are on an inaccessible island in middle of seven seas. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F135 | Bruidhen (banqueting-hall) as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F136 | Direction of otherworld. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F136.1 | Otherworld in east. Jewish: Neuman; Marshall Islands: Davenport 223. |
| F136.2 | Otherworld in west. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 79. |
| F136.3 | Otherworld in northwest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F137 | Distance of otherworld. *Siuts 19ff.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F140 | Bounds of the otherworld. *Siuts 44. |
| F140.1 | Guardian of spirit-land boundary. Maori: Clark 135. |
| F141 | Water barrier to otherworld. Wimberly 110.—Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F141.0.1 | Otherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F141.0.2 | Otherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under hill. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F141.1 | River as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. F162.2.) Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F141.1.1 | Perilous river as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. F767.1.) *Patch PMLA XXXIII 630, 638ff.; Alphabet No. 603.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78, III 165; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 140; Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 245 No. 1. |
| F141.1.2 | River that cannot be crossed by mortals. Hindu: Penzer II 15. |
| F141.1.3 | River between the realms of giants and gods never freezes. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 276. |
| F141.2 | Mist as barrier to otherworld. Patch XXXIII 627 n. 91.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F141.2.1 | Storm (snow, hail) as barrier to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F141.3 | Waves form high wall around otherworld isle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F141.4 | Waterfall as barrier to otherworld. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 95. |
| F142 | River of fire as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. A671.2.2.3.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 638f.; Krappe Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen (1937) 172ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F143 | Wood at borders of otherworld. *Siuts 30ff.; MLN XXXIV 321; Irish: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 245 No. 1. |
| F144 | Plain (field) at borders of otherworld. *Siuts 36ff. |
| F144.1 | Forked glen full of toads, lions on way to otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F145 | Mountain at borders of otherworld. *Siuts 42ff.; Patch Other World 381 s.v. "mountain"; Gaster Thespis 184f.; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F145.1 | Glass mountain at borders of otherworld. Mountain is extremely slippery. *Siuts 43; Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30, Other World 381 s.v. "mountain." |
| F147 | Houses at border of otherworld. (Cf. F163.3.) *Siuts 44ff. |
| F147.1 | Tenantless houses at border of otherworld. *Siuts 44f. |
| F147.2 | Hermit's hut at border of otherworld. *Siuts 45. |
| F147.3 | Witch's house at border of otherworld. *Siuts 45. |
| F147.4 | Inn at border of otherworld. *Siuts 46. |
| F148 | Wall around otherworld. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 209a s.v. "Baum bewacht"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F148.1 | Fiery rampart revolves around otherworld isle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F148.2 | Wall of silver around otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F148.3 | Otherworld surrounded by palisade of gold and silver. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F148.4 | Palisade of bronze around otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F148.5 | Otherworld surrounded by seven walls and locks of iron and doors of iron. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F149 | Bounds of the otherworld—miscellaneous. |
| F149.1 | Stone barrier to otherworld. (Cf. F150.3.2.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 95, III 165, Rink 461. |
| F150 | Access to otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F150.1 | Way to otherworld hard to find. Siuts 29; English: Gawain and the Green Knight; Chinese: Graham. |
| F150.2 | Entrance to other world guarded by monsters (or animals). Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Babylonian: Spence 171; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 47, 74, 80, Rasmussen I 81. |
| F150.2.1 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by giant (champion). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F150.2.2 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by spirits. Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 37. |
| F150.2.3 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by north and south winds. Tonga: Gifford 171. |
| F150.3 | Challenge at entrance of otherworld. The adventurer challenges or is challenged. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F150.3.1 | Shield hung on pole in front of otherworld palace as signal that adventurer must fight with owner. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F150.3.2 | Standing stone surrounded by withe as challenge at entrance of otherworld. (Cf. F149.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151 | Road to otherworld. Siuts 29f.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| F151.0.1 | Hospitable host entertains (guides, advises) adventurer on way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151.1 | Perilous path to otherworld. Patch Other World 382 s.v. "path"; Irish myth: *Cross; N. A. Indian: Alexander N. Am. 147, 164, 273 n. 8, (California): Gayton and Newman 101; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 586. |
| F151.1.1 | Perilous valley. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151.1.2 | Perilous glen on way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151.1.3 | Perilous forest on way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151.1.4 | Perilous ford on way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151.1.5 | Place in underworld beyond which hero cannot pass without being tatooed. Maori: Clark 136. |
| F151.1.6 | Path to otherworld over sharp rocks. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 186, Rink 326. |
| F151.2 | Mountain pass to otherworld. Africa: Bourhill and Drake 237ff. No. 20. |
| F152 | Bridge to otherworld. *Type 471; Encyc. Rel. Ethics II 852ff.; Patch PMLA XXXIII 630ff., Other World 374 s.v. "bridge"; Ward II 399, 441; Rуheim Animism 39ff.; Fb "bro" IV 62b; Darmesteter Sacred Books of the East IV 212f.; Alphabet No. 603.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 130, 305; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 488ff.; Melanesia: Codrington 257; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153; N. A. Indian: Brinton Myths of the New World (New York, 1868) 248, (Menomini): Skinner PaAM XIII 86. |
| F152.0.1 | Bridge to otherworld guarded by animals. Patch PMLA XXXIII 635ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F152.1 | Materials of bridge to otherworld. |
| F152.1.1 | Rainbow bridge to otherworld. Fb "regnbue" III 32a; RTP VI 361, X 596; Mélusine II 16; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 329; Celebes: Dixon 156; Hawaii, Indonesia: ibid. 67, Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 38, 321; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 333 n. 204a. |
| F152.1.2 | Bridge of sunbeams to otherworld. (Cf. F154.) Wimberly 114; Patch Other World 248, 254. |
| F152.1.3 | Golden bridge to otherworld. Patch PMLA XXXIII 639 n. 130, Other World 374 s.v. "bridge." |
| F152.1.4 | Glass bridge to otherworld. Patch PMLA XXXIII 636 n. 118, Other World 125f.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F152.1.5 | Rope bridge to otherworld. Patch PMLA XXXIII 636 n. 118.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F152.1.6 | Sword bridge to otherworld. Hibbard Romanic Review IX (1913) 166; Patch PMLA XXXIII 635ff., Other World 374 s.v. "bridge"; Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 197. |
| F152.1.6.1 | Bridge to otherworld covered with knives. BP III 43; Von Hegelein Zs. f. Vksk. XI 150 n. 2. |
| F152.1.7 | Bridge of thread on way to world of dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F152.1.8 | Aurora as bridge to otherworld. Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153. |
| F152.2 | Slamming drawbridge to otherworld. Slams as hero leaves and (almost) injures him. He has failed to do the one compulsory thing. (Percival.) *Krappe Balor 106ff.; Patch Otherworld 204f., 319 n. 64. |
| F153 | Otherworld reached by diving into water (of well or lake). *Brown Iwain 76; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 148; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1301). |
| F153.1 | Underground channel to otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F154 | Path to sun on sun's rays (eyelashes). (Cf. F152.1.2.) N. A. Indian (Bella Coola): Boas JE I 83. |
| F155 | Journey to otherworld by clinging magically to an object. *Brown Iwain 110 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F156 | Door to otherworld. (Cf. F91.) Patch Other World 377 s.v. "gate"; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.1 | Door to otherworld island sounds sleep-bringing music. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F156.2 | Door to otherworld island in supporting pedestal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.3 | Perilous revolving wheel at entrance to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.4 | Slamming (falling) door to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.5 | Eleven portals to otherworld. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 46. |
| F157 | Journey to otherworld in boat. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F157.1 | Journey to otherworld in crystal (glass) boat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F158 | Pit entrance to otherworld. (Cf. F92.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F159 | Other means to reach the otherworld. |
| F159.1 | Otherworld reached by hunting animal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F159.2 | Journey to otherworld on horseback. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F159.3 | Wheel (apple) to be followed to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F159.4 | Demon guide on otherworld journey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F160 | Nature of the otherworld. Wimberly 139ff.—Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 329; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F160.0.1 | Otherworld overseas confused with otherworld underground. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F160.0.1.1 | Otherworld overseas confused with otherworld under water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F160.0.2 | Fairy otherworld confused with land of the dead. (Cf. A671.0.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F160.0.3 | Pagan otherworld identified with Christian paradise (heaven). (Cf. A694.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F160.1 | Otherworld as great plain. (Cf. A663.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F160.2 | Otherworld as valley. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F161 | Weather in otherworld. |
| F161.1 | Perpetual summer in otherworld. No storms. Patch PMLA XXXIII 606; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F161.1.1 | Summer in otherworld when it is winter in world of mortals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162 | Landscape of otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.0.1 | Objects of crystal in otherworld. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 606 n. 11, 610 n. 30, Other World 375 s.v. "crystal".—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.0.1.1 | Island of glass in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.0.1.2 | (Luminous) precious stones in otherworld (dwelling). (Cf. A661.0.7.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.1 | Garden in otherworld. Patch Other World 377 s.v. "garden"; *Siuts 68ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F162.1.1 | Everblooming garden in otherworld. *Wimberly 148; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.1.2 | Contrasting qualities found in otherworld garden. |
| F162.1.2.1 | Sweet and bitter fountain in otherworld garden. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65, Other World 266; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.1.2.2 | Cool and boiling fountain in otherworld garden. (Cf. F162.8.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65, Other World 133, 144, 177. |
| F162.1.2.3 | Objects on one side of palisade in otherworld garden black, on other white. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.1.2.4 | Tree half green and half in flame in otherworld garden. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65. |
| F162.1.2.5 | Island in otherworld garden inhabited half by dead and half by living. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65. |
| F162.1.3 | Trees bloom, others bear concurrently in otherworld garden. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.1.3.1 | All-yielding tree in otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F162.2 | Rivers in otherworld. (Cf. A671.2.2.6, F141.1.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 621ff., Other World 382f. s.v. "river"; Gaster Oldest Stories 50, Thespis 171; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 321. |
| F162.2.1 | The four rivers of Paradise. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 622, Other World 383 s.v. "rivers, four"; Albright Am. Jour. Semitic Languages XXXIX 40ff.; Gaster Thespis 171.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 359. |
| F162.2.2 | Rivers of wine in otherworld. Wimberly 159; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.2.3 | Rivers of honey in otherworld. Wimberly 159; Gaster Thespis 200f., Oldest Stories 233; Africa (Hausa): Werner African 141 (milk and honey). |
| F162.2.4 | Rivers of mead in otherworld. Wimberly 159. |
| F162.2.5 | Rivers of balsam and attar in otherworld. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 621 n. 70; Irish: Beal XXI 319, O'Suilleabhain 52; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.2.6 | Rivers of oil, milk, wine, and honey in otherworld. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 623 n. 78; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.2.7 | Thirteen rivers of balm in otherworld. Gaster Exempla 219 No. 154 (153). |
| F162.2.8 | River in paradise with terrible roar. Robs people of hearing. *Hertz Abhandlungen 86 n. 1. |
| F162.2.9 | Flowing stream forms arc over otherworld isle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F162.2.10 | Jewels in streams of otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F162.2.11 | Perilous river in otherworld. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 918. |
| F162.2.12 | River in underworld from tears of living. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 488. |
| F162.2.13 | Underworld river from blood of sick mortals. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 24. |
| F162.3 | Tree in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.4, F162.1.2.5, F162.1.3.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 624, Other World 384 s.v. "tree"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 286; Tonga: Gifford 149. |
| F162.3.0.1 | Marvelous tree grown from otherworld fruit. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F162.3.1 | Tree of Life in otherworld. Nourishes mankind. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83, Other World 385 s.v. "Tree of Life"; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Penzer I 8 n., 144. |
| F162.3.2 | Wishing-tree in otherworld. Penzer I 8 n., 144. |
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