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

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

Scholars’ trail — 9 references (open)

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.

  • Icel. Boberg
  • Danish Schmidt DF XXXIX 13ff.
  • French Sébillot France I 369ff.
  • India Thompson-Balys. – N. Am. Indian: Krickeberg Indianermärchen aus Nordamerika 245, Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 59
  • Aztec Krickeberg Märchen der Azteken 60, 204, and passim
  • S. Am. Indian (Tupinamba) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 132.
  • general *Fb "sten" III 552b
  • general *Andree Ethnographische Parallelen (1878) 96
  • general Dh II 8. – Irish: Thurneysen Irische Helden-u. Königssagen 189, Cross
Within the index

Filed under Origin of rocks and stones.

7 finer motifs beneath 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 Imprint of horse in rocks 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
Filed beside it
Origin of rocks from breaking of God's sieve Origin of stones: punishment for discourtesy. Jesus asks a man what he is sowing. He answers, "Stones." Jesus turns the crop to stones. This is how stones originate Rocks from transformation of people to stone Why stones became hard. By God's order. (Cf. A968.1.) Why rocks at river are covered with moss Origin of particular stones or groups of stones Origin of minerals Other stories about stone origins
Travels with
Topographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etc

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