Castle of unusual material — Mythoi

Motif

Castle of unusual material.

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. · view the constellation · filed as F771.1

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Filed under Extraordinary castle (house, palace).

11 finer motifs beneath it

Golden castle (palace, house) Silver castle Copper castle Steel castle (house) Palace of jewels. (Cf. F721.5.1.) Crystal castle Palace of ice Castle of wax, shining like gold House of skulls. Murderer's abode Gingerbread house. House made of cake Castle of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F756.1, F763, F785.3.)

Filed beside it

Castle (house) with extraordinary support Extraordinary location of castle Inhabitants of extraordinary castle Extraordinary guard for castle Phantom house: disappears at dawn Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey Castle of extraordinary size Road runs through house (banqueting-hall) Castle shall stand when everything else has departed (Gimle and Brimir) Seven rooms in ascetic's house: in one, human heads; in another, horses; in third, dogs; in fourth, pots; in fifth, pile of men's arms; in sixth, a kitchen; in seventh, ascetic lives Building at bottom of which flows stream of rubies Castle warmed by love. No fire is required because love makes perpetual summer

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