The constellation
A963 Mountains from stones (soil, sand) dropped or thrown
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- Mountains from stones dropped from giant's clothes. He carries the stones in his clothes but loses them as he walks · A963.1 entry
- Mountains from breaking of God's sieve. He is sifting stones and the bottom of the sieve breaks, letting huge stones and mountains fall through. (Cf. A971.) · A963.2 entry
- Soil dropped to form mountains · A963.3 entry
- Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church · A963.4 entry
- Hills from stones cast by giants · A963.5 entry
- Hill from anvil (cast by supernatural smith) · A963.6 entry
- Hill from sand left by passersby · A963.7 entry
- Hill as unfinished tower built in the likeness of Nimrod's tower · A963.8 entry
- Clay soil dropped from sky to form hill · A963.9 entry