Origin of sacred places — Mythoi

Motif

Origin of sacred places.

Mythological motifs. · Topographical features of the earth. · Land features. · Other land features. · view the constellation · filed as A992

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3725
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Other land features.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of sacred post (placed there by ancestral culture hero) Sacred place where thunderbolt fell down Ground bursts open and a temple rises from it

Filed beside it

Origin of villages Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth Origin of cities Origin of settlements (places later to be settled) Origin of boundaries Origin of clay

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