Creation of mountains (hills)

Motif

Creation of mountains (hills).

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Land features. · Creation of mountains (hills). · view the constellation · filed as A960

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XLI
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 12, Section CCXXXII

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

NorwegianSolheim Register 22
PersianCarnoy
ChineseGraham
Eskimo (Cape York)Rasmussen III 47.

Within the index

9 finer motifs beneath it

Mountains from primeval animal Mountains (hills) from ancient activities of god (hero)Mountains from stones (soil, sand) dropped or thrown Mountains (hills) from ancient contest (fight)Origin of mountain chain Origin of volcanoes Origin of mounds Origin of cliffs Creation of mountains and hills – miscellaneous

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