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Motif

Extraordinary activity of mountains. (Cf. F755.)

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Inanimate objects act as if living. · view the constellation · filed as F1006

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3 finer motifs beneath it
Mountain moves so that its rocks enter into caves of other mountain. (Cf. D932.) Mountain moves to person. (Cf. D932, F755.) Mountain trembles
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Object bleeds Plant shrieks when uprooted Sunken bell sounds Object expresses sorrow Shield shrieks in battle Waters react to words of poet Sword pierces rock when possessor will break it Combat with horse's sex organ. (Cf. D1469.5.) Extraordinary heads act as living objects Substituted silver hand used as if it were of flesh and blood Cooked food grows when planted Inanimate object acts as if living
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Living mountain. (Cf. F1006.)

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