Paradisal Garden With Flowing Rivers
3
Abundant Food And Drink In The Marvelous Land
1
Accidental Encounter With Supernatural Beings In A Wild Place
1
Beneficent Fairy Realm Under A Divine Lord
1
Blemishless And Sinless Condition Of Inhabitants
1
Blessed Island With Painless Divine Death In Old Age
1
Cave Emergence Of An Otherworld Woman
1
Celestial Performance Entrancing Human Guests
1
Child Taken By Wood Spirits And Recovered In A Tree
1
Deathless Remote Northern Happy Land
1
Comparative mythology corpus
Otherworld and Enchanted Realm
134 tagged occurrences across 16 traditions.
The other world # fairyland, the Country of the Young, the enchanted island, the hidden realm # that exists alongside or beneath ordinary reality. Distinguished from the underworld of the dead by its quality of timelessness, beauty, or enchantment.
134total occurrences
132child motifs
16traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.
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Celtic Irish
How This Tradition Tells It
61 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Abundant Food And Drink In The Marvelous Land (1), Blemishless And Sinless Condition Of Inhabitants (1), Cave Emergence Of An Otherworld Woman (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and Heroic Romances of Ireland. This is a deterministic summary of 61 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13484-13582 | high | Enchanted Hunt Leading To Disorientation | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13484-13582 | high | Sidhe Music Causing Sleep Before Entry Into An Uncanny Dwelling | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13680-13694 | high | Vanishing Dwelling After Night Feast | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR; lines 8636-8735 | high | Defense Of An Oppressed Supernatural Household In A Hill | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR; lines 8737-8837 | high | Magical Concealment By Mist | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | Book Eleven, Chapter I: Oisin's Story; journey to and return from the Country of the Young | high | Otherworld Sojourn | 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 10963-11051 | high | Warriors Carried Away By A Strange Horse | 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 11260-11269 | high | Mysterious Vanishing Departure | record |
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| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE; lines 8923-8946 | medium | Strange Hospitality Ending In Displacement After Sleep | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE LANDING / CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG; lines 2896-2982 | high | Hidden Otherworld Dwellings After Defeat | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE LANDING / CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG; lines 2984-3048 | medium | Cave Emergence Of An Otherworld Woman | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT / CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES; lines 11272-11333 | high | Illusory Or Transforming House Trap | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE CALL OF OISIN / CHAPTER III. THE LAST OF THE GREAT MEN / BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY; lines 14454-14544 | high | Animal Conveyance Protecting Traveler From Time Or Mortality | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA / CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG / CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE; lines 3314-3340 | high | Enchanted Tree With Hidden Musician | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1884-1986 | high | Supernatural Vehicle Crossing Sea And Land | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS / NOTES / I. THE APOLOGY / II. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE STORIES OF THE FIANNA; lines 15340-15432 | medium | Faery Otherworld Romance Setting | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. RED RIDGE / BOOK THREE: THE BATTLE OF THE WHITE STRAND. / CHAPTER I. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND / CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE; lines 7133-7235 | high | Otherworld Palace Of Abundance | 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 9275-9372 | high | Hero Protects Otherworldly Community From Recurring Bird Threat | 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 9275-9372 | high | Otherworld Music And Singing Birds Visit A Sidhe Hill | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN; lines 3701-3785 | high | Violation Of Otherworld Hill Followed By Revenge On Descendants | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN; lines 9803-9904 | high | Magical Opening Of A Hill By Ritual Object | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN; lines 9388-9467 | high | Otherworld Raiders Emerging From Hill Or Cave | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES / BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT; lines 11557-11655 | high | Enclosed Refuge In The Wood | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE; lines 9470-9543 | high | Hospitality In An Otherworldly House | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY / CHAPTER X. HIS CALL TO BRAN / CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC; lines 4258-4356 | medium | Impossible Or Repetitive Otherworld Tasks | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC / CHAPTER XII. CLIODNA'S WAVE / CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS; lines 4696-4784 | high | Otherworld Abundance Without Ordinary Need | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC / CHAPTER XII. CLIODNA'S WAVE / CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS; lines 4889-4898 | medium | Sleep During Magical Or Unusual Voyage | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5141-5243 | high | Bounded Long Enchantment With Prophesied Release Condition | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | GODS AND FIGHTING MEN: / ARRANGED AND PUT INTO ENGLISH BY LADY GREGORY. / WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK; lines 68-98 | medium | Attachment To Homeland Over Otherworldly Reward | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | GODS AND FIGHTING MEN: / ARRANGED AND PUT INTO ENGLISH BY LADY GREGORY. / WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK; lines 68-98 | low | Enchanted Woman As Interlocutor | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | PART ONE: THE GODS. / BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE TUATHA DE DANAAN. / CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES; lines 1071-1086 | medium | Appeal To A Powerful Otherworld Or Enemy Ruler For Aid | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 193-263 | medium | Hero As Equal And Guest Of The Gods | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3086-3238 | high | Enchanted Slumber Or Captivity Imposed By Elves | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3437-3584 | high | Truthful Land Without Evil | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3753-3880 | high | Water Riding Otherworldly Arrival | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | GENERAL NOTES / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / PAGE 8 / PAGE 9; lines 6516-6568 | high | Woman Located At An Elf Mound | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | IN TWO VOLUMES / VOL. I / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION IN VERSE; lines 655-781 | medium | Deathless Joyful Fairy Land | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / THE EXILE OF THE SONS' OF USNACH / INTRODUCTION; lines 3883-3930 | medium | Supernatural Obscuring Mist | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | LITERAL TRANSLATION / TEXT OF LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / INTRODUCTION / TEXT WITH INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION; lines 12761-13012 | medium | Otherworld Associated Labor Fulfilling A Demand | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | LITERAL TRANSLATION / TEXT OF LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / INTRODUCTION / TEXT WITH INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION; lines 13014-13287 | high | Utopian Land Without Possessive Division Or Blemish | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | LITERAL TRANSLATION / TEXT OF LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / INTRODUCTION / TEXT WITH INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION; lines 13622-13657 | medium | Opening Or Violating Fairy Mounds To Recover A Person | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE; lines 10617-10737 | high | Marvelous Troop Equipped By Fairy Gifts | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 8827-8989 | high | Otherworldly Or Fairy Kin Aid A Hero's Wooing Expedition | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 9181-9351 | high | Game That Obscures The Passage Of Time | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 17 / PAGE 18 / PAGE 19 / PAGE 20; lines 6766-6787 | low | Named Fairy Mound Or Sid As Significant Locale | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 23 / PAGE 24 / PAGE 25 / PAGE 26; lines 6841-6925 | high | Abundant Food And Drink In The Marvelous Land | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 23 / PAGE 24 / PAGE 25 / PAGE 26; lines 6841-6925 | medium | Blemishless And Sinless Condition Of Inhabitants | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 57 / PAGE 58 / PAGE 59 / PAGE 60; lines 7281-7348 | medium | Sick Hero Invited To Another Land | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 59 / PAGE 60 / PAGE 61 / PAGE 62; lines 7365-7417 | medium | Welcome Mediated By Female Companion | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 62 / PAGE 63 / PAGE 65 / PAGE 66; lines 7465-7490 | medium | Otherworldly Fiery Place Associated With Female Beings | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 63 / PAGE 65 / PAGE 66 / PAGE 67; lines 7493-7528 | high | Familiarity With The Fairy Country | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 67 / PAGES 68, 69 / PAGE 69 / PAGE 71; lines 7569-7680 | high | Marvelous Otherworld Trees | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PAGE 81 / PAGE 82 / PAGE 83 / PAGE 85; lines 7854-7873 | medium | Supernatural Mound Folk As Powerful Pre Christian Demons | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PART II / LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / INTRODUCTION; lines 10579-10614 | high | Fairy Vengeance | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION; lines 1508-1595 | medium | Violation Of Otherworld Dwelling Brings Later Retribution | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / INTRODUCTION / PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI; lines 1029-1131 | medium | Otherworldly Protection In A Fragrant Enclosure | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 9868-9987 | high | Jewel Lit Chess Contest Obscuring Passage Of Time | record |
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | The Courtship of Etain (Leabhar na h-Uidhri version); Etain transformed, wind-borne, swallowed, and born again | medium | Otherworld Protection In Small Form | record |
| The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII / XXVIII; lines 16754-16892 | low | Fabled Promised Land Under Supernatural Rulership | record |
| The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW; lines 8159-8281 | high | Magical Herbal And Charm Healing From Fairy Source | record |
| The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW; lines 8283-8384 | high | Otherworld Warrior Counselor Who Vanishes | record |
Hindu
How This Tradition Tells It
12 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Hindu, this family appears through Celestial Performance Entrancing Human Guests (1), Deathless Remote Northern Happy Land (1), Divine City Of Immortals (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 12 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens. / Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth. / Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat. / Canto CXII. The Sandals.; lines 25639-25819 | medium | Hero Remains In Dangerous Sacred Grove | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto I. The Hermitage. / Canto V. Sarabhanga. / Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya.; lines 27420-27561 | high | Hidden Underwater Pleasure Palace | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto III. The Guardian Goddess. / Canto IV. Within The City. / Canto VI. The Court. / Canto VIII. The Enchanted Car.; lines 45380-45532 | high | Heaven Like Jeweled Palace | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787); lines 45053-45133 | high | Impenetrable Enchanted Or Royal City | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 22609-22779 | high | Celestial Performance Entrancing Human Guests | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 22609-22779 | medium | Paradisal Encampment Detains Travelers | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 33882-34028 | medium | Isolated Invincible Island Fortress | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62332-62449 | medium | Divine City Of Immortals | record |
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| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59485-59576 | medium | Mythical Geography Incorporating A Real Distant Country | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59485-59576 | high | Remote Blessed Land Preserving Primordial Customs | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59578-59724 | medium | Ideal Far Northern Paradise | record |
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 63550-63687 | high | Deathless Remote Northern Happy Land | record |
Greek
How This Tradition Tells It
11 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Greek, this family appears through Blessed Island With Painless Divine Death In Old Age (1), Divine Or Semi Divine Blessed Inhabitants Of An Ideal State (1), Ideal City In The Clouds (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Odyssey and Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica. This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701; lines 3770-3893 | medium | Remote Or Monstrous Peoples At The Edge Of Knowledge | record |
| Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA; lines 7817-7923 | medium | Monsters Dwelling On A Remote Oceanic Island | record |
| Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS / XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI / XVIII. TO HERMES / XIX. TO PAN; lines 7183-7226 | high | Mountain Roaming Wild Deity | record |
| The Iliad | CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1633-1692 | medium | Blessed Abode For Heroic Demi Gods | record |
| The Odyssey | BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1561-1661 | high | Abundant Faraway Land | record |
| The Odyssey | BOOK VIII / BOOK IX / BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.; lines 4296-4397 | medium | Strange Land With Altered Rhythms Of Work And Rest | record |
| The Odyssey | PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION / HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I; lines 390-492 | medium | World Edge Divine Absence | record |
| The Odyssey | ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6834-6930 | high | Blessed Island With Painless Divine Death In Old Age | record |
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| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Republic | BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 17068-17208 | high | Intermediate Realm Between Extremes | record |
| The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6419-6504 | medium | Ideal City In The Clouds | record |
| The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 8057-8096 | medium | Divine Or Semi Divine Blessed Inhabitants Of An Ideal State | record |
Greek/Roman
How This Tradition Tells It
9 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Meadow Nymph Circle Dance (1), Nature Animated By Local Nymphs (1), Submarine Divine Palace And Sea Court (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 9 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 6955-7048 | medium | Women Only Island Confronting Arriving Male Heroes | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3209-3294 | high | Submarine Divine Palace And Sea Court | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | PLUTO. / PLUTUS. / MINOR DIVINITIES. / THE HARPIES.; lines 4379-4402 | medium | Supernatural Abduction Explains Sudden Disappearance | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE NAIADES. / DRYADES, OR TREE NYMPHS. / NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. / NAPAEAE AND OREADES.; lines 5415-5467 | medium | Meadow Nymph Circle Dance | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE NAIADES. / DRYADES, OR TREE NYMPHS. / NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. / NAPAEAE AND OREADES.; lines 5415-5467 | high | Nature Animated By Local Nymphs | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE NAIADES. / DRYADES, OR TREE NYMPHS. / NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. / NAPAEAE AND OREADES.; lines 5415-5467 | high | Tree Presiding Nymphs | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE NAIADES. / DRYADES, OR TREE NYMPHS. / NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. / NAPAEAE AND OREADES.; lines 5415-5467 | medium | Wild Huntress Companions And Frightened Woodland Beings | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE WINDS. / PAN (FAUNUS). / FAUNUS. / THE SATYRS.; lines 5600-5633 | high | Goat Like Woodland Spirit Race | record |
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| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE WINDS. / PAN (FAUNUS). / FAUNUS. / THE SATYRS.; lines 5600-5633 | medium | Little Woodland Imps In Comic Movement | record |
Islamicate Folklore
How This Tradition Tells It
7 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Stranded Sailors Abandoned On A Dangerous Island (1), Abandoned Sleeper On A Strange Island (1), False Island Revealed As A Sea Creature (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
Celtic Welsh
How This Tradition Tells It
6 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Enchanted Or Splendid Otherworldly Hall (1), Otherworldly Empty Interior With Central Fountain And Suspended Objects (1), Fairy Money That Becomes Worthless Matter (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mabinogion | CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN; lines 799-896 | medium | Marvelous Hospitality In An Enormous Castle | record |
| The Mabinogion | GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG; lines 8142-8238 | medium | Enchanted Or Splendid Otherworldly Hall | record |
| The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7114-7206 | high | Otherworldly Empty Interior With Central Fountain And Suspended Objects | record |
| The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7208-7299 | high | Vanishing Enchanted Castle | record |
| The Mabinogion | Pwyll Prince of Dyved; encounter with Arawn and year in Annwvyn | high | Otherworld Exchange | record |
| The Mabinogion | THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN / FOOTNOTES; lines 9549-9572 | high | Fairy Money That Becomes Worthless Matter | record |
Norse
How This Tradition Tells It
6 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Norse, this family appears through Beneficent Fairy Realm Under A Divine Lord (1), Human Mistaken For Giant Child's Plaything (1), Water Spirits As Music Making Beings At Rivers And Streams (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 6 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 I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2852-2939 | high | Mistaken Shelter As Giant Object | record |
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4487-4607 | high | Beneficent Fairy Realm Under A Divine Lord | record |
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R.; lines 7196-7322 | high | Water Spirits As Music Making Beings At Rivers And Streams | 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 | high | Changeling Substitution And Recovery | record |
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES; lines 9042-9171 | high | Tree Or Plant Bound Maiden Spirit | record |
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS; lines 8744-8800 | high | Human Mistaken For Giant Child's Plaything | record |
Finnish/Karelian
How This Tradition Tells It
4 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Richly Adorned Otherworldly Forest Household (1), Island Of Abundance And Refuge (1), Vast Otherworldly Or Heroic Feast Hall (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 16866-17047 | high | Island Of Abundance And Refuge | record |
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10946-11134 | medium | Vast Otherworldly Or Heroic Feast Hall | record |
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3298-3494 | high | Water Maiden Dwelling In Underwater Caverns | record |
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 7281-7465 | medium | Richly Adorned Otherworldly Forest Household | record |
Islamic
How This Tradition Tells It
4 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Islamic, this family appears through Paradisal Garden With Flowing Rivers (3), Paradise As Gardens And Rivers (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25437-25520 | high | Paradisal Garden With Flowing Rivers | record |
| The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | ENTITLED, THE HYPOCRITES; REVEALED AT MEDINA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXIV / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 36178-36249 | high | Paradisal Garden With Flowing Rivers | record |
| The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 22815-22934 | high | Paradisal Garden With Flowing Rivers | record |
| The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 4762-4955 | high | Paradise As Gardens And Rivers | record |
Japanese
How This Tradition Tells It
4 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Japanese, this family appears through Accidental Encounter With Supernatural Beings In A Wild Place (1), Supernatural Animal Transport Across Boundaries (1), Different Passage Of Time In An Otherworld (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Fairy Tales | JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD; lines 1101-1205 | high | Different Passage Of Time In An Otherworld | record |
| Japanese Fairy Tales | PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW; lines 509-612 | high | Supernatural Animal Revealed As Fairy Benefactor | 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 4436-4526 | medium | Supernatural Animal Transport Across Boundaries | record |
| Japanese Fairy Tales | THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7000-7120 | high | Accidental Encounter With Supernatural Beings In A Wild Place | record |
Comparative
How This Tradition Tells It
3 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Comparative, this family appears through Child Taken By Wood Spirits And Recovered In A Tree (1), Goat Formed Woodland Spirit (1), Tree Spirit Embodied In Tree And Effigy (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 3 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) | MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 6521-6595 | high | Tree Spirit Embodied In Tree And Effigy | 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 1685-1753 | medium | Child Taken By Wood Spirits And Recovered In A Tree | 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 920-982 | high | Goat Formed Woodland Spirit | record |
Roman
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Roman, this family appears through Cave Dwelling Monstrous Race (1), Remote World Beyond The Surrounding Ocean (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6004-6101 | medium | Remote World Beyond The Surrounding Ocean | record |
| The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10032-10109 | high | Cave Dwelling Monstrous Race | record |
Sufi
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Sufi, this family appears through Hybrid Aquatic Human Figure (1), Lost Or Sunken Marvelous City (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mesnevi and The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mesnevi | XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 14479-14639 | low | Hybrid Aquatic Human Figure | record |
| The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | LXXIV. / LXXV. / TAMAM SHUD. / NOTES.; lines 1577-1697 | medium | Lost Or Sunken Marvelous City | record |
Ainu
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Ainu, this family appears through Women Only Land With Seasonal Husbands (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aino Folk-Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 1 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 1629-1717 | high | Women Only Land With Seasonal Husbands | record |
Buddhist
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Buddhist, this family appears through Supernatural Beings Tied To Natural Places (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 15042-15226 | medium | Supernatural Beings Tied To Natural Places | record |
Indigenous Australian
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Indigenous Australian, this family appears through Hidden Terrifying Being Beneath Bark (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 1 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 1236-1339 | medium | Hidden Terrifying Being Beneath Bark | record |
Shared Structure
The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.
Local Emphasis
Islamicate Folklore leans toward Stranded Sailors Abandoned On A Dangerous Island; Greek leans toward Blessed Island With Painless Divine Death In Old Age; Celtic Irish leans toward Abundant Food And Drink In The Marvelous Land; Japanese leans toward Accidental Encounter With Supernatural Beings In A Wild Place; Norse leans toward Beneficent Fairy Realm Under A Divine Lord; Roman leans toward Cave Dwelling Monstrous Race.
Reading Rule
structuralthematiccontact not inferred
Timeline
Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.ca. 800-300 BCE
The Upanishads
Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 12 tagged occurrences
ca. 750-400 BCE
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 11 tagged occurrences
ca. 750-650 BCE
The Iliad
Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 11 tagged occurrences
ca. 300-100 BCE
Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses
Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 200 BCE-200 CE
The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita
Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 12 tagged occurrences
ca. 610-632 CE
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 4 tagged occurrences
ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling
Gods and Fighting Men
Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 61 tagged occurrences
ca. 800-1270 CE
The Poetic Edda
Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 6 tagged occurrences
ca. 1100-1400 CE
The Mabinogion
Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 6 tagged occurrences
1835-1849 CE compilation
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland
Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 4 tagged occurrences