The constellation
A955 Origin of islands
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Origin of the land · A950 entry
beneath it
- Islands created by order of deity · A955.0.1 entry
- Islands as deity's stepping-stones. (Cf. A901.) · A955.1 entry
- Island created by shooting arrow. (Cf. D936, D1092.) · A955.2 entry
- Origin of island's shape and position · A955.3 entry
- Island plowed out by goddess. (Cf. A951.) · A955.4 entry
- Islands from cow and calf transformed by evil eye of one-eyed god · A955.5 entry
- Islands from stones cast by giantess. (Cf. A901, A963.5.) · A955.6 entry
- Islands from webs woven by primeval spiders · A955.7 entry
- Island fished-up by demigod (hero) · A955.8 entry
- Goddess gives birth to islands · A955.9 entry
- Islands from transformed object or person · A955.10 entry
- Islands originally form continent, later separated · A955.11 entry
- Old woman as guardian of floating islands of the gods · A955.12 entry