μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Imprint of horse in rocks.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Land features. · Origin of rocks and stones. · view the constellation · filed as A972.4

Filed across the traditions
  • French Sébillot France I 383ff.
  • Danish Thiele Danmarks Folkesagn I 209, II 47, Schmidt DF XXXIX 22–23
  • German Þiðriks saga I 157, 220. – India: Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Ikeda.
Within the index

Filed under Indentions on rocks from prints left by man (beast). (Cf. A901.)

Filed beside it
Indentions on rocks from imprint of gods and saints Indentions on rocks from footprints of fairies (angels, devils) Holes in stones caused by piercing by saint's finger Indentions on rocks from marks of various persons Indentions on rocks caused by giants Great fish killed by hero and cut into sixteen pieces: the great stones may still be seen

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