Comparative mythology corpus

Descent and Underworld Journey

207 tagged occurrences across 19 traditions.

The journey downward into the underworld, the land of the dead, or the depths of consciousness. Includes the stripping of identity, trials below, navigation of the afterlife, and the encounter with death or darkness as a transformative passage.

207total occurrences

46child motifs

19traditions present

1550 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range

Strongest Child Motifs

Descent Into The Underworld 154 Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary 10 Descent Into The Earth At The Conclusion Of A Prophecy 2 Cave Pursuit Of A Fugitive Enemy 1 Death Through Jealousy After Westward Journey 1 Hidden Subterranean Trap Door Route 1 Infernal Tree 1 Otherworldly Cave Of Sleep And Oblivion 1 Passage Through Dark Caverns To Emergence 1 Poison Originating From An Underworld Monster 1

Densest Traditions

Roman 39 Greek 31 Hindu 20 Finnish/Karelian 18 Celtic Irish 14 Islamicate Folklore 14 Norse 14 Greek/Roman 13

Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

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Child Motif	Relationship	Occurrences	Traditions
Descent Into The Underworld	child	154	19
Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	mapped	10	7
Descent Into The Earth At The Conclusion Of A Prophecy	canonical_group	2	2
Cave Pursuit Of A Fugitive Enemy	functional_variant	1	1
Death Through Jealousy After Westward Journey	heuristic_family_name_match	1	1
Hidden Subterranean Trap Door Route	uncertain	1	1
Infernal Tree	uncertain	1	1
Otherworldly Cave Of Sleep And Oblivion	symbolic_variant	1	1
Passage Through Dark Caverns To Emergence	functional_variant	1	1
Poison Originating From An Underworld Monster	symbolic_variant	1	1
Polluting Underworld Offerings Cling Until Return	ritual_variant	1	1
Return Of A Supernatural Figure To An Underworld Country	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Cave As Hiding Place And Shrine	symbolic_variant	1	1
Solar Position As Journey Or Navigation Marker	heuristic_keyword_match	1	1
Sun Assisted Stilling Of The Death Realm	uncertain	1	1
Sunless Cave As Abode Of Sleep	symbolic_variant	1	1
Supernatural Descent And Emergence At Cosmic Or Natural Boundaries	functional_variant	1	1
Underworld Or Cave Originating Nightmare Beings	symbolic_variant	1	1
Underworld Palace Of Personified Miseries	narrower_than	1	1
Avenging Descent Toward Death’s Domain	functional_variant	1	1
Cave Episodes	over_specific_label	1	1
Dangerous Bridal Task In The Realm Of Death	functional_variant	1	1
Dark Cave As Dwelling Of A Harmful Personification	symbolic_variant	1	1
Dead Father Seeks News Of Living Son	child	1	1
Dead Or Ancestors Detain The Souls Of The Living	functional_variant	1	1
Death As Descent To Stygian Gloom	symbolic_variant	1	1
Death As Going Beneath The Earth To The Yellow Spring	symbolic_variant	1	1
Descent And Ascent Between Sea Depth And Divine Height	functional_variant	1	1
Destructive Passion Kindled By Underworld Fire And Serpents	uncertain	1	1
Goddess Engulfed In A Chasm	uncertain	1	1
Imprisonment In A Cave By Supernatural Women	functional_variant	1	1
Kin Betrayal And Abandonment In A Pit Or Well	functional_variant	1	1
Lower World Encounter With Dead Authorities And A Ghost	narrower_than	1	1
Metempsychosis And Descent Of Divinity Into Creatures	heuristic_family_name_match	1	1
Music That Moves Infernal Powers	functional_variant	1	1
News From The Living Consoles The Dead	functional_variant	1	1
Night Deity In Lower World Palace	symbolic_variant	1	1
Premature Descent To Tartarus After Family Affliction	narrower_than	1	1
Protected Cave Refuge Of An Ally	symbolic_variant	1	1
Protected Retreat To Cave Before Combat	uncertain	1	1
Temporary Cave Refuge From Night Dangers	narrower_than	1	1
Treasure Obtained From A Perilous Underworld Like Place	functional_variant	1	1
Underworld Imprisonment Of Divine Beings	functional_variant	1	1
Underworld Sourced Seed Enables A Task	functional_variant	1	1
Afterlife Passage	child	0	0
Underworld Trial	child	0	0

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.

Roman 39 Greek 31 Hindu 20 Finnish/Karelian 18 Celtic Irish 14 Islamicate Folklore 14 Norse 14 Greek/Roman 13 Islamic 11 Comparative 10 Japanese 6 Ainu 5 Buddhist 3 Celtic Welsh 2 Daoist 2 Indigenous Australian 2 Biblical 1 Egyptian 1 Maya/Kiche 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

39 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (31), Otherworldly Cave Of Sleep And Oblivion (1), Passage Through Dark Caverns To Emergence (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Aeneid of Virgil and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV. This is a deterministic summary of 39 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3469-3560	high	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3562-3611	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3613-3702	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3613-3702	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3704-3794	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3704-3794	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3796-3885	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3887-3949	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3951-4023	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 4025-4104	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 4106-4133	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 4135-4222	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 4224-4264	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3315-3403	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3405-3466	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5161-5236	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11584-11674	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11584-11674	high	Poison Originating From An Underworld Monster	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9428-9441	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10450-10501	medium	Premature Descent To Tartarus After Family Affliction	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3919-4011	medium	Dark Cave As Dwelling Of A Harmful Personification	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5030-5135	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8531-8624	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8912-8988	medium	Passage Through Dark Caverns To Emergence	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1330-1459	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10710-10786	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2843-2927	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3008-3100	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12944-13014	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10542-10617	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10542-10617	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4104-4203	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH.; lines 3955-4038	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH.; lines 3955-4038	high	Music That Moves Infernal Powers	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH.; lines 4040-4101	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11508-11560	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4858-4949	medium	Destructive Passion Kindled By Underworld Fire And Serpents	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6256-6345	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6842-6918	medium	Otherworldly Cave Of Sleep And Oblivion	record

Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

31 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (21), Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary (2), Sacred Cave As Hiding Place And Shrine (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Odyssey and The Iliad. This is a deterministic summary of 31 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 626-712	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4786-4884	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745; lines 4158-4264	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Symposium	Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 1320-1353	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Symposium	Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION.; lines 64-148	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22278-22424	medium	Descent And Ascent Between Sea Depth And Divine Height	record
The Iliad	CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1303-1376	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Iliad	THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX. / BOOK VIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.; lines 8694-8829	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Iliad	THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16454-16585	medium	Death As Descent To Stygian Gloom	record
The Iliad	The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE.; lines 117-192	medium	Supernatural Descent And Emergence At Cosmic Or Natural Boundaries	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2289-2384	medium	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Odyssey	BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 3996-4072	high	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Odyssey	BOOK VIII / BOOK IX / BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.; lines 4680-4781	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 4783-4874	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 4876-4967	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 4969-5068	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5070-5169	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5070-5169	medium	Dead Father Seeks News Of Living Son	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5171-5269	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5171-5269	medium	News From The Living Consoles The Dead	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5271-5317	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5320-5420	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN. / BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.; lines 6001-6093	medium	Sacred Cave As Hiding Place And Shrine	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII; lines 10213-10296	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII; lines 10298-10348	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11490-11612	medium	Solar Position As Journey Or Navigation Marker	record
The Odyssey	HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 762-849	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Republic	THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10460-10547	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4013-4089	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5706-5773	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 7708-7783	low	Lower World Encounter With Dead Authorities And A Ghost	record

Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

20 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (13), Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary (3), Cave Pursuit Of A Fugitive Enemy (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki and Maha-bharata. This is a deterministic summary of 20 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Maha-bharata	BOOK IV / DYUTA / BOOK V / PATIVRATA-MAHATMYA; lines 2570-2710	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57756-57837	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57839-57896	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 37951-38127	low	Avenging Descent Toward Death’s Domain	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 38276-38433	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 38276-38433	medium	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 38436-38573	high	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 39591-39757	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight.; lines 29362-29521	medium	Protected Retreat To Cave Before Combat	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLII. The Army Of The West. / Canto XLIII. The Army Of The North. / Canto XLIV. The Ring. / Canto XLV. The Departure.; lines 43170-43265	medium	Cave Pursuit Of A Fugitive Enemy	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLIV. The Ring. / Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave.; lines 43443-43565	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43568-43738	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43741-43899	medium	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36419-36581	medium	Protected Cave Refuge Of An Ally	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest.; lines 32934-33108	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXIII. The Sone. / Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth.; lines 5492-5590	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 5593-5733	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 5908-6061	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 64865-64999	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES.; lines 57936-58038	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

18 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (15), Sun Assisted Stilling Of The Death Realm (1), Dangerous Bridal Task In The Realm Of Death (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 18 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 597-678	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14560-14736	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15455-15625	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23748-23933	medium	Underworld Sourced Seed Enables A Task	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10456-10602	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10456-10602	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10604-10759	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6913-7085	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 7467-7653	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 7655-7840	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 7842-8032	high	Sun Assisted Stilling Of The Death Realm	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8212-8383	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8385-8568	medium	Dangerous Bridal Task In The Realm Of Death	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8570-8763	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8765-8952	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8955-9137	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8955-9137	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 9496-9697	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

14 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (10), Death Through Jealousy After Westward Journey (1), Return Of A Supernatural Figure To An Underworld Country (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and Heroic Romances of Ireland. This is a deterministic summary of 14 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS; lines 14653-14791	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE; lines 10725-10807	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE; lines 10809-10863	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	Book V. The Fate of The Children of Lir / PART II. THE FIANNA / Book III. The Battle of the White Strand / Book IV. Huntings and Enchantments; lines 582-600	medium	Cave Episodes	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT; lines 11053-11154	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT; lines 11156-11258	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH; lines 9100-9185	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE; lines 9711-9745	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER XII. CLIODNA'S WAVE / CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN; lines 4901-5032	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT / BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN; lines 8452-8536	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT / BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN; lines 8452-8536	high	Imprisonment In A Cave By Supernatural Women	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	INTRODUCTION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 12119-12210	medium	Death Through Jealousy After Westward Journey	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY); lines 12410-12461	medium	Return Of A Supernatural Figure To An Underworld Country	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI VERSION; lines 1917-1992	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

14 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (11), Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary (1), Temporary Cave Refuge From Night Dangers (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 14 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1860-1970	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1972-2079	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2193-2294	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2296-2398	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2400-2513	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2937-3041	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3551-3629	high	Temporary Cave Refuge From Night Dangers	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4010-4107	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4109-4187	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4109-4187	medium	Treasure Obtained From A Perilous Underworld Like Place	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4377-4474	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4377-4474	high	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7899-8017	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8148-8267	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

14 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (11), Descent Into The Earth At The Conclusion Of A Prophecy (1), Underworld Or Cave Originating Nightmare Beings (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas and The Poetic Edda. This is a deterministic summary of 14 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 4135-4274	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 4135-4274	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 6660-6800	high	Underworld Palace Of Personified Miseries	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7325-7472	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7594-7696	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7698-7821	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7824-7975	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8943-9039	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9547-9642	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 10939-11058	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12651-12759	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12761-12872	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 13084-13166	medium	Underworld Or Cave Originating Nightmare Beings	record
The Poetic Edda	VOLUSPO / THE WISE-WOMANS PROPHECY / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 1629-1639	medium	Descent Into The Earth At The Conclusion Of A Prophecy	record

Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

13 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (9), Sunless Cave As Abode Of Sleep (1), Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 13 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10012-10108	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10201-10297	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	DRYADES, OR TREE NYMPHS. / NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. / NAPAEAE AND OREADES. / THE WINDS.; lines 5469-5497	high	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE). / MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE). / NEMESIS. / NYX (NOX).; lines 4548-4560	medium	Night Deity In Lower World Palace	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE.; lines 4917-4962	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS). / BACCHUS OR LIBER. / AIDES (PLUTO).; lines 4150-4244	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE). / NEMESIS. / NYX (NOX). / THANATOS (MORS) AND HYPNUS (SOMNUS).; lines 4562-4601	high	Sunless Cave As Abode Of Sleep	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	PART I.--MYTHS. / INTRODUCTION. / ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.); lines 527-547	high	Underworld Imprisonment Of Divine Beings	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES). / BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS.; lines 8683-8725	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8076-8168	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO.; lines 2441-2527	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO.; lines 2598-2664	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY). / MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS).; lines 4043-4125	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

11 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (7), Infernal Tree (1), Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14707-14802	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20212-20234	high	Kin Betrayal And Abandonment In A Pit Or Well	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20236-20305	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22863-22955	medium	Infernal Tree	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25309-25406	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	ENTITLED, Y. S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31215-31300	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 10798-10935	high	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 13289-13435	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 1841-2018	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 5185-5401	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 8205-8254	high	Metempsychosis And Descent Of Divinity Into Creatures	record

Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

10 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (8), Dead Or Ancestors Detain The Souls Of The Living (1), Goddess Engulfed In A Chasm (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) and The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 10 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3265-3343	high	Dead Or Ancestors Detain The Souls Of The Living	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 6236-6295	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 7047-7107	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 7183-7267	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 256-353	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12228-12382	medium	Goddess Engulfed In A Chasm	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 15400-15519	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 15521-15650	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 1422-1506	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 2971-3035	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Japanese

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Japanese, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (6). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Japanese Fairy Tales	COMPILED BY / PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE; lines 151-260	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD; lines 856-981	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4010-4103	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4105-4215	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4105-4215	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4217-4334	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Ainu

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Ainu, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (3), Polluting Underworld Offerings Cling Until Return (1), Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aino Folk-Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Aino Folk-Tales	AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1719-1809	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Aino Folk-Tales	AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1719-1809	high	Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary	record
Aino Folk-Tales	AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Aino Folk-Tales	AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905	medium	Polluting Underworld Offerings Cling Until Return	record
Aino Folk-Tales	AUDITORS. / LOCAL SECRETARIES. / HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 209-263	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (2), Descent Into The Earth At The Conclusion Of A Prophecy (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 17199-17302	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	TABLE OF CONTENTS. / PART I. / PART II. / SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES.; lines 202-273	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5243-5330	medium	Descent Into The Earth At The Conclusion Of A Prophecy	record

Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (2). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Mabinogion	C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 5346-5386	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record
The Mabinogion	INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2073-2161	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Daoist

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Daoist, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (1), Death As Going Beneath The Earth To The Yellow Spring (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer	CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV. / CHAPTER XXVI. / CONTINGENCIES.; lines 11748-11888	medium	Death As Going Beneath The Earth To The Yellow Spring	record
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer	THE SECRET OF LIFE. / CHAPTER XX. / MOUNTAIN TREES. / CHAPTER XXI.; lines 9030-9184	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Indigenous Australian

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Indigenous Australian, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (1), Hidden Subterranean Trap Door Route (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2891-3002	high	Hidden Subterranean Trap Door Route	record
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	The Origin of the Narran Lake	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Biblical

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Biblical, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Numbers. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Numbers	Numbers 16:1-50	low	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Egyptian

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Egyptian, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Book of the Dead. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Book of the Dead	CHAPTER IX, A Short Description of the "Doors" or Chapters of the Book of the Dead; summaries of Chapters LXIV, LXXIV-LXXXVIII, CXLIV-CXLVII, and CLV-CLXVII	medium	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Maya/Kiche

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Maya/Kiche, this family appears through Descent Into The Underworld (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Popol Vuh. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Popol Vuh	The Second Book, Hero Twins in Xibalba	high	Descent Into The Underworld	record

Converges

Shared Structure

The strongest convergence is around Descent Into The Underworld, Threshold Cavern With Many Gates As Oracular Boundary. These child motifs recur across several tradition clusters and give the family its shared structure.

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Hindu leans toward Descent Into The Underworld; Roman leans toward Descent Into The Underworld; Ainu leans toward Descent Into The Underworld; Islamicate Folklore leans toward Descent Into The Underworld; Islamic leans toward Descent Into The Underworld; Greek/Roman leans toward Descent Into The Underworld.

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structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.

ca. 1550-1070 BCE

The Book of the Dead

Egyptian - New Kingdom Egyptian funerary spell tradition - 1 tagged occurrences

ca. 900-400 BCE

Pentateuch

Biblical - Ancient Israelite Torah composition and redaction - 1 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 20 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 31 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 31 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 3 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 20 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 11 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 14 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 14 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 2 tagged occurrences

ca. 1550-1700 CE textual witness

The Popol Vuh

Maya/Kiche - Kiche Maya mythic and heroic tradition - 1 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 18 tagged occurrences

Descent and Underworld Journey

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Related Families

Death, Rebirth, and Transformation

Initiation and Transformative Ordeal

World Axis and Sacred Center

Threshold Guardian

Timeline

The Book of the Dead

Pentateuch

The Upanishads

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

The Iliad

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Gods and Fighting Men

The Poetic Edda

The Mabinogion

The Popol Vuh

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland