Cairn marks burial place — Mythoi

Motif

Cairn marks burial place.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Land features. · Origin of particular places. · view the constellation · filed as A988

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of particular places.

Filed beside it

Origin of valleys or hollows Pillars of Hercules at Gibraltar set up by Hercules. (Cf. A901.) Bridge of the Gods. A conflict of the gods breaks a primeval bridge and thus causes a rapid in a river (the Columbia River at The Dalles, Oregon) Origin of particular places – miscellaneous

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