Marvels

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• Extraordinary guard for castle. F771.5
• Castle guarded by beasts. F771.5.1
• Castle guarded by giants (ogres). F771.5.2
• Serpent-hall. F771.5.3
• Phantom house: disappears at dawn. F771.6
• Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey. F771.7
• Castle of extraordinary size. F771.8
• Road runs through house (banqueting-hall). F771.9
• Castle shall stand when everything else has departed (Gimle and Brimir). F771.10
• 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. F771.11
• Building at bottom of which flows stream of rubies. F771.12
• Castle warmed by love. No fire is required because love makes perpetual summer. F771.13
• Extraordinary tower. F772
• Tower of Babel: remarkably tall tower designed to reach sky. F772.1
• Year taken to mount high tower. F772.1.1
• Tower reaches moon. F772.1.2
• Metal tower. F772.2
• Brazen tower. F772.2.1
• Towers of steel, silver and gold. F772.2.2
• Golden tower under sea. F772.2.3
• Tower of glass; melts in sun. F772.2.4
• Tower of glass in midst of sea. F772.2.4.1
• Dolorous Tower. F772.2.5
• Flying tower. F772.2.6
• Remarkable church (chapel, temple). F773
• Green chapel. Cave in green mound. F773.1
• Golden temple. F773.2
• Temple of jewels. F773.3
• Extraordinary pillars. F774
• Pillars of precious stones. F774.1
• Crystal column. F774.1.1
• Burning pillar reaching heaven. F774.2
• Pillar of fire. (Cf. F962.2.2, F964.0.1.) F774.2.1
• Musical pillar. (Cf. A661.0.2.1.) F774.3
• Extraordinary tent. F775
• Extraordinary gate. F776
• Gate as high as heavens and huge as a mountain. F776.1
• Palace gate so big it can only be opened by twelve buffaloes. F776.1.1
• Perilous falling gate. Cuts horse in two as rider goes through it. F776.2
• Palace with seven gates, one within the other. F776.3
• Extraordinary rooms. F781
• Labyrinth. Series of rooms so confusing that one cannot find the way out. F781.1
• Extraordinary number of rooms. F781.2
• 540 rooms in Bilskilnir. F781.2.1
• Extraordinary doors and windows. F782
• Windows and doors for every day in year. 365 windows and doors in castle or church. F782.1
• One door for each world quarter. F782.1.1
• Door of precious stones. F782.2
• Seven-fold doors to room. F782.3
• Extraordinary lock and key (made of bones). F782.4
• Doors of fire. F782.5
• Revolving door of tent. F782.6
• Extraordinary carpet. F783
• Giant carpet. Sixty miles square. F783.1
• Extraordinary table. F784
• Golden table. F784.1
• Extraordinary throne. F785
• Solomon's golden throne. Thirty-three steps high. Golden animals on all sides and on steps. F785.1
• Nimrod's multiple throne. Seven thrones on top of one another. Stone, cedar, iron, copper, silver, gold, precious stones. F785.2
• Throne of fire. (Cf. F702, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11.) F785.3
• Extraordinary chair. F786
• Chairs of gold and silver. F786.1
• Extraordinary bed. F787
• Extraordinary bed woven with spider's webs. F787.1
• Golden bed. F787.2
• Ivory bed. F787.3
• Bed made from man's tooth. F787.4
• Remarkable bier. F788
• Remarkable jeweled bier. F788.1
• Extraordinary buildings and furnishings – miscellaneous. F789
• Seven forts – river, iron, mud, cow-dung, brick, stone, wood. F789.1
• Remarkable candlestick. F789.2
• Jeweled candlestick. F789.2.1
• Remarkable curtain. F789.3
• Jeweled curtain. F789.3.1
• Extraordinary sky and weather phenomena. F790
• Rising and falling sky. Sky rises and falls at horizon, giving periodic access to the other world. F791
• Sky lowers on people. F791.1
• Artificial heavens. Placed on pillars of iron. Seven heavens. (1) glass, sun, moon, stars, (2) iron with lake in it, (3) tin with precious stones rolling about (thunder), (4) lead, (5) copper, (6) silver, (7) gold. F792
• Artificial heavenly bodies. F793
• Gold moon, sun, star. F793.1
• Extraordinary cloud. F795
• Clouds take form of letters. F795.1
• Dragon seen in sky. F796
• Fire from heaven kills people. F797
• Extraordinary rocks and stones. (Cf. D931, D1553 , D1641.2.) F800
• Weeping rocks. F801
• Weeping hills. F801.1
• Growing rocks. F802
• Big rocks grow from little rocks. F802.1
• Musical rock in fairyland. F803
• Floating rock (stone). F804
• Golden stone. F805
• Magnetic stone. F806
• Lodestone draws ship to it. F806.1
• Rock of extraordinary color. F807
• Crimson rock. F807.1
• Extraordinary cliff: thin as a hair, sharp as a blade, slippery as an eel's tail, high as a mast. F808
• Other extraordinary stones. F809
• Stones cannot be counted. F809.1
• Hollow stone fits any person who lies in it. F809.2
• Magic crop- and rain-producing stone. F809.3
• Bleeding rock. F809.4
• Men disappear at revolving bleeding rock. F809.4.1
• Traveling stones. (Cf. D1431.) F809.5
• Stones of fire. F809.6
• Stones burn. F809.6.1
• Mysterious characters engraved upon rock of fire. F809.6.2
• Transparent stone. F809.7
• Stones as guardian of town. F809.8
• Stones can be rolled up like a scroll. F809.9
• Extraordinary trees, plants, fruit, etc. F810
• Extraordinary tree. F811
• Trees of extraordinary material. F811.1
• Golden tree. F811.1.1
• Silver tree. F811.1.2
• Copper tree. F811.1.3
• Tree of fire. (Cf. F785.3. and other references there given). F811.1.4
• Tree of camphor. F811.1.5
• Glass (crystal) tree in otherworld. F811.1.6
• Tree with silver trunk, gold branches, emerald leaves, pearls for fruits. F811.1.7
• Diamond tree. F811.1.8
• Iron tree. F811.1.9
• Tree of cakes. F811.1.10
• Tree with extraordinary leaves. F811.2
• Tree with metal leaves. F811.2.1
• Tree with brass leaves. F811.2.1.1
• Tree with golden leaves. F811.2.1.2
• Tree with leaves of jewels. F811.2.2
• Tree with gigantic leaves. F811.2.3
• Tree with coiling leaves three thousand miles high with golden cock on top. F811.2.3.1
• Tree of extraordinary color. F811.3
• Purple tree. F811.3.1
• White mango tree. F811.3.2
• Crimson tree. F811.3.3
• Extraordinary location of tree. F811.4
• Tree in midocean. F811.4.1
• Tree under sea. F811.4.2
• Tree in the midst of king's hall. F811.4.3
• Food-producing trees. F811.5
• Food-dropping trees. F811.5.1
• Wood which distills wine. F811.5.2
• Fish-producing tree. F811.5.3
• Tree with musical branches. F811.6
• Tree with extraordinary fruit. F811.7
• Tree bearing all fruits. F811.7.1
• Tree bearing several fruits. (Cf. F811.18.) F811.7.1.1
• Tree bearing variety of fruits. F811.7.1.2
• Tree bearing unwonted fruit (flowers). F811.7.2
• Temple cedars bear fruit. F811.7.2.1
• Marvelous oranges grow upon tree limbs which are sharp knives. F811.7.2.2
• Cherry tree has lotos-flowers. F811.7.2.3
• Tree with fruits like human heads. F811.8
• Trees with green birds hanging by claws. F811.9
• Tree in which people live in nests. F811.10
• Hollow tree as residence for hero. F811.10.1
• Trees disappear at sunset. F811.11
• Trees grow and "ungrow" each day. (Cf. F817.1.) F811.12
• Tree blooms and grows ripe fruit nightly. (Cf. F815.1, F971.7.) F811.13
• Extraordinary tree blossoms, bears fruit, matures seeds, seeds sprout and grow, even while one watches. F811.13.1
• Giant tree: nuts fall scores of miles away, etc. F811.14
• Tree so large that it darkens whole world. F811.14.1
• Upside-down tree. F811.15
• Tree bears fruit, flower, and leaf simultaneously. All drop at once. F811.16
• Tree with extraordinary buds. F811.17
• Tree with crystal buds. F811.17.1
• Tree bears fruit three times yearly. (Cf. F811.7.1.1.) F811.18
• Tree bears fruit monthly. F811.18.1
• Tree grows miraculously fast from seed. F811.19
• Bleeding tree. Blood drops when tree is cut. F811.20
• Marvelous tree (trees) of extraordinary age. F811.21
• Extraordinary firewood, of elephant tusks. F811.22
• Extraordinary flower-bearing tree in middle of seven forts. F811.23
• Man-eating tree. (Cf. G10.) F811.24
• Extraordinary forest. F812
• Forest of straight and tall trees. Each tree straight as an arrow and higher than earthly man ever saw. F812.1
• Wood of sixty trees nourishing three hundred men apiece. F812.2
• Forest of Dangers (Wonders). F812.3
• Speaking forest. (Cf. D1610.2.) F812.4
• Forest where unseen sword cuts off heads of those trying to escape. F812.5
• Special flavor of wood from certain forest. F812.6
• Boards of wood from certain forest endure forever. F812.7
• Wood which cannot be consumed by fire. F812.8
• Extraordinary fruits. F813
• Fruits containing jewels. F813.0.1
• Golden fruits. F813.0.2
• Extraordinarily large fruit. F813.0.3
• Fruits always sweet. F813.0.4
• Extraordinary apple. F813.1
• Golden apple. F813.1.1
• Silver apple. F813.1.2
• Copper apple. F813.1.3
• Brass apple. F813.1.4
• Extraordinary grapes. F813.2
• Clusters of diamond and emerald grapes. F813.2.1
• Gigantic grapes. F813.2.2
• Extraordinary nut. F813.3
• Golden nut. F813.3.1
• Gigantic nut. F813.3.2
• Nuts yield purple juice. F813.3.3