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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
A672. 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). — Gaster Oldest Stories 50; Greek: Fox 143; Norse: De la Saussaye 350, MacCulloch Eddic 330, Boberg. — Chibcha: Alexander Lat. Am. 198; India: Thompson-Balys.
E481.2. Land of dead across water. F162.2.1. The four rivers of paradise.
A672.1. Ferryman on river in lower world (Charon). Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 142; Egyptian: Müller 176; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 45; Babylonian: Jensen Gilgamesch-Epos X, XI, 46ff., cf. 136ff.
F90. Access to lower world.
A672.1.1. Charon exacts fee to ferry souls across Styx. Greek: Fox 142; Italian Novella: Rotunda.
E431.11. Coin placed in mouth of dead to prevent return. E489.3. Forgetting Charon's fee.
A672.2. Maiden at the bridge to hell. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 130, 304.
A673. Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world. — *Encyc. Rel. Ethics I 493a; *Fb "hund" III 678b. — Gaster Thespis 214; Greek: Fox 88; Frazer Apollodorus I 232 n. 1; Norse: Herrmann Nordische Mythologie 599ff., MacCulloch Eddic 303f.; Persian and Hindu: Keith 69. — Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 326, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 165.
B15.7.1. Cerberus. B187. Magic dog. B325.1. Animal bribed with food. B576.1. Animal as guard of person or house. E481.2.1. Bridge to land of dead. E572.5. Hell-hounds accompany soul to lower world. F150.2. Entrance to otherworld guarded by monsters. F152.0.1. Bridge to otherworld guarded by animals. H1271. Quest for Cerberus in hell.
A673.1. Dogs in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
B187. Magic dog.
A673.2. Cock of hell. Icel.: Boberg.
A675. Judges in the lower world. Greek: Fox 143. — Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 206 No. 155; Japanese: Anesaki 238.
A676. Ship of hell. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 340, 343.
A677. Workmen and tradesmen of hell.
A677.1. Smith of hell. Irish myth: Cross.
A677.2. Miller of hell. Irish myth: Cross.
P443. Miller.
A678. In other world one room contains the dead, another contains souls of the unborn waiting to enter the wombs of women, and a third contains all the evil spirits. India: Thompson-Balys.
A681. Sun in the underworld. S. Am. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550.
A682. Hole to lower world up which people come. S. Am. Indian (Terino): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367.
A1232. Mankind ascends from under the earth.
A689. Nature of the lower world — miscellaneous.
A689.1. Dark puddles in hell. Irish myth: Cross.
Q568.1. Sinners in hell forced to sit in dark puddles up to their middles.
