Myths of a journey made by a divine or holy figure or of a spectral hunt: the Wild Hunt of northern Europe, Pele's journey from Kahiki to Hawaii, Phra Malai's journey to heaven and hell, Isis and the seven scorpions and the Jauhar of Padmini. A myth belongs here when its cited article describes a journey or procession that gives a legend its shape. It excludes myths of origin. Examples in the atlas include The Wild Hunt.
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Wild Hunt (Wikipedia)
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The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif occurring across various northern, western and eastern European societies, appearing in the religions of the Germanics, Celts, and Slavs (motif E501 per Thompson).
Phra Malai (Wikipedia)
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Phra Malai Kham Luang (Thai: พระมาลัยคำหลวง, pronounced [pʰráʔ māː.lāj kʰām lǔaŋ]) is the royal version of a Thai legendary poem of the Sri Lankan monk Arhat Maliyadeva, whose stories are popular in Thai Theravada Buddhism.
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