μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Hill as unfinished tower built in the likeness of Nimrod's tower.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Land features. · Creation of mountains (hills). · view the constellation · filed as A963.8

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
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 Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church Hills from stones cast by giants Hill from anvil (cast by supernatural smith) Hill from sand left by passersby Clay soil dropped from sky to form hill

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