Changes in the earth — Mythoi

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Changes in the earth.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · –A899. The earth. · Changes in the earth. · view the constellation · filed as A850

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How the earth became oblong. God the Father situated on one side of the earth, the Son on the other Making the earth smaller. Earth made too large. God learns from devil by trickery how to make it smaller Making the earth larger. Gradually extended during creation. See references to A812 in which this idea is always involved Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition Hardening of the earth. At first it is soft, but is hardened by sun's rays Steadying the earth

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