The constellation
A844 Earth rests on animal's back
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Support of the earth · A840 entry
beneath it
- Earth rests on turtle's back. (Cf. A815.) · A844.1 entry
- Earth supported by bull · A844.2 entry
- Earth supported by fish · A844.3 entry
- Earth supported by frog · A844.4 entry
- Earth rests on the horns of a bull who rests upon a fish · A844.5 entry
- Earth rests on tortoise, serpent, elephant. (Cf. A1145.1.) · A844.6 entry
- Earth rests on elephant's back · A844.7 entry
- Earth rests on cobra's head · A844.8 entry
- Earth supported on great boar's tusk · A844.9 entry
- Earth supported on vast number of birds' legs · A844.10 entry
- Earth rests on leviathan · A844.11 entry
- Serpent supports the earth. (Cf. A844.6.) · A844.12 entry
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