Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church — Mythoi

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

Filed across the traditions

Germanic Hdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens s. v. "Findlingssteine"
Celtic Thurneysen Irische Helden- und Königssage 431
Danish Schmidt Danmarks Kaempesten (1932) (DF XXXIX) 66ff.
Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 493–96
Finnish-Swedish Wessman 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 (Thompson’s cf.)

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

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