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A655. World as egg. The two halves are heaven and earth. — Hindu: Penzer I 10 n. 3; Greek: Fox 5.

A641. Cosmic egg. A701.1. Origin of sky from egg brought from primeval water.

A657. River connecting earth and upper and lower worlds. Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 304, 313; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian.

A657.1. Bridge connecting earth and heaven. Icel.: Boberg.

F152. Bridge to otherworld.

A657.2. Heaven and earth touch each other at east, west, and south. Jewish: Neuman.

A658. Size and distances of the universe.

A658.1. Nine days' fall from heaven to earth; the same from earth to hell. — Frazer Apollodorus I 4 n. 2.

A658.1.1. Nine nights' riding from heaven (or earth) to hell. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 304.

A658.2. Five hundred years travel across universe. Jewish: Neuman.

A659. The universe as a whole — miscellaneous. Jewish: Neuman.

A659.1. Music of the spheres. Jewish: Neuman. (The general philosophical theory of the music of the spheres is not treated here).

D1615.9. Singing heavens and earth.

A659.2. Big lake under the earth. S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux MAFLS XL 25.

A659.3. River's source where sky and earth meet. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 24.

A659.4. Each world corresponds to different color. S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 366.

A660. Nature of the upper world.

A1131.3. Rain from sea in upper world. F10. Journey to upper world. F56. Sky window. H1260. Quest to the upper world.

A661. Heaven. A blissful upper world. — Kohler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York 1923); Jeremias Hölle und Paradies bei den Babyloniern (Leipzig 1903); Gaster Thespis 286; Irish myth: Cross, Beal XXI 330; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 312; German: Grimm Nos. 3, 35, 81, 82, 112, 167, 175, 178; Egyptian: Müller 176; Persian: Carnoy 345; Hindu: Keith 99, 131, 201. — Japanese: Anesaki 237, 241. — Haida: Alexander N. Am. 263; Eskimo: ibid. 7; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 81; Maya: ibid. 138, 140; Isthmian tribes (Panama): ibid. 193.

A211. God of heaven. E481.4. Beautiful land of dead. E754.2. Saved soul goes to heaven. E755.1. Souls in heaven. F11. Journey to heaven (upperworld paradise). Q172. Reward: admission to heaven. Q565. Man admitted to neither heaven nor hell. V511.1. Visions of heaven. V520. Salvation.

A661.0.1. Gate of heaven.

F59.1. Gate to upper world. F91. Door entrance to lower world. F156. Door to otherworld.

A661.0.1.1. Gate of heaven guarded by clap of thunder and mysterious sword. Chinese: Werner.