Earth supported by frog

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Earth supported by frog.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · Support of the earth. · view the constellation · filed as A844.4

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SiberianHolmberg Siberian 311.

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Earth rests on turtle's back. (Cf. A815.)Earth supported by bull Earth supported by fish Earth rests on the horns of a bull who rests upon a fish Earth rests on tortoise, serpent, elephant. (Cf. A1145.1.)Earth rests on elephant's back Earth rests on cobra's head Earth supported on great boar's tusk Earth supported on vast number of birds' legs Earth rests on leviathan Serpent supports the earth. (Cf. A844.6.)

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