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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
A671.0.3. Entrance to cave as gate to hell. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. (Cf. A671.5.).
F156. Door to otherworld. F158. Pit entrance to otherworld. F211.1. Entrance to fairyland through door in knoll. V511.2.2. Vision of gate to hell.
A671.0.4. Hell confused with fairy land. Irish myth: Cross.
F160.0.2. Fairy otherworld confused with land of the dead. F165.6.1. Otherworld (fairy land) as place of sorrowful captivity. F251.7. Fairies as demons. F360. Malevolent or destructive fairies.
A671.0.5. Size and arrangements of hell. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 786.
A671.1. Doorkeeper of hell. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "Chabert".
E755.2.3. Lost soul to serve as porter in hell for seven years.
A671.2. Horrible sights in hell. Irish myth: Cross; Gaster Thespis 187f.
E755.2. Souls in hell. Q560. Punishments in hell.
A671.2.1. Serpents in hell. Wimberly Folklore in Ballads 424; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 319, 321, 332, Boberg; Irish myth: Cross.
A671.2.1.1. Adders in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
Q566.1. Fiery chains in the form of adders about waists of souls tormented in hell.
A671.2.2. Rivers of blood in hell. Wimberly Folklore in Ballads 128.
A671.2.2.1. Rivers of poison in hell. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 319f.; Jewish: Neuman.
A671.2.2.2. River in hell filled with weapons. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 320, 321.
A671.2.2.3. Rivers of fire in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
F142. River of fire as barrier to otherworld.
A671.2.2.4. Rivers of black water in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
D1293.4. Black as magic color. E481.2. Land of dead across water.
A671.2.2.5. Four (three) rivers in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
F162.2.1. The four (three) rivers of paradise.
A671.2.2.6. Other rivers in hell. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman (A671.2.29).
F162.2. Rivers in other world.
A671.2.3. Tree in hell made of living heads of the dead. Quiché: Alexander Lat. Am. 171.
A671.2.4. The fires of hell. Irish myth: Cross.
E750. Perils of the soul. Q566. Punishments by heat in hell. V511.2.1. Vision of fires of hell.
A671.2.4.1. Sea of fire in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
A671.2.4.2. Islands in sea of fire in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
D911. Magic sea.
A671.2.4.3. Fiery showers in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
Q566.9. Showers of fire fall on sinners in hell. Q566.10. Demons shoot fiery arrows at souls in hell.
A671.2.4.4. Burning plains in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
