The constellation
A841 World-columns. Four (two, etc.) columns or supports sustain the earth
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Support of the earth · A840 entry
beneath it
- The four world-columns fastened immovably by two gods with their mother's hairs · A841.0.1 entry
- Four world-cords. Earth is suspended from the sky by cords at four corners · A841.1 entry
- Four maidens as earth-supports. One is at each of the cardinal points. (Cf. A842.) · A841.2 entry
- Twelve iron pillars steady the earth · A841.3 entry
- Four earth-nails · A841.4 entry
keeps company
- Atlas. A man supports the earth on his shoulders · A842 entry
- Magic drink rejuvenates. (Cf. D1040.) · D1338.1 entry
- Magic rejuvenation · D1880 entry
- Magic aging. (Cf. D1857.) · D1890 entry
- Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.) · D925 entry
- Sky-rope. Access to upper world by means of a rope · F51 entry
- Originator of death first sufferer. After the culture hero has instituted death, his own child dies and he repents in vain · K1681 entry
- Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section · A1010 entry
- Flood from fluids of the body · A1012 entry
- Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster · A1013 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 8
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 9