μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Land features. · Origin of rocks and stones. · view the constellation · filed as A973

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 80 No. 2, England: Baughman.
  • general *Dh II 95. – Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 140 No. 4
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Filed under Origin of rocks and stones.

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Origin of rocks from breaking of God's sieveIndentions on rocks from prints left by man (beast). (Cf. A901.)Rocks from transformation of people to stoneWhy stones became hard. By God's order. (Cf. A968.1.)Why rocks at river are covered with mossOrigin of particular stones or groups of stonesOrigin of mineralsOther stories about stone origins

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