Earth rests on elephant's back

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Earth rests on elephant's back.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · Support of the earth. · view the constellation · filed as A844.7

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Earth rests on turtle's back. (Cf. A815.)Earth supported by bull Earth supported by fish Earth supported by frog 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 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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