Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church

Motif

Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Land features. · Creation of mountains (hills). · view the constellation · filed as A963.4

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

GermanicHdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens s. v. "Findlingssteine"
CelticThurneysen Irische Helden- und Königssage 431
DanishSchmidt Danmarks Kaempesten (1932) (DF XXXIX) 66ff.
LithuanianBalys Legends Nos. 493–96
Finnish-SwedishWessman 68 Nos. 586–591.
general Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 19ff., (1931) 11ff.

Within the index

Filed under Mountains from stones (soil, sand) dropped or thrown.

Filed beside it

Mountains from stones dropped from giant's clothes. He carries the stones in his clothes but loses them as he walks 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.)Soil dropped to form mountains Hills from stones cast by giants Hill from anvil (cast by supernatural smith)Hill from sand left by passersby Hill as unfinished tower built in the likeness of Nimrod's tower Clay soil dropped from sky to form hill

Travels with

The devil throws stones at church or churchmen. (Cf. A963.4.)

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