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• Gods make earth to have place to rest their feet. A5.1
• Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
• Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth. A75
• Banished devil appears on earth only on day of dark moon. A106.2.1.1
• Demon (opposed to God) allowed to earth four times a year (but must let people know who he is and not deceive them). A106.2.1.2
• God issues from earth. A115.2
• Goddess produced by heat of earth. A119.2
• God with body of earthquake (whirlwind, etc.). A123.1.4
• Heaven as God's throne, earth His footstool. A133.2.2
• God builds temple in heaven and brings it later to earth. A141.2
• God bores hole in Hell to cause great heat on earth. A141.3
• God lays foundations of earth. A141.4
• Home of the gods. Elysium, Avalon, earthly paradise. A151
• God dwells at particular point on earth. A151.10
• God's throne becomes hot because of activities on earth. A152.9
• Demons as watchmen of the gods upon earth. A165.4.1
• God divests self of earthly raiment and clothes self with lightning. A179.7
• God serves as menial on earth. A181
• Goddesses come down to earth by a silken thread, are offended by raja and produce drought. A189.10
• God as fructifier of mankind and the earth. A189.15
• Spirit of deity animates earthen jar when it is placed beneath banyan tree. A199.1
• Sun-god bitten by snake, leaves earth for heaven. A222
• Thunder spirit lives in world below earth. A284.3.2
• Goddess divides time between upper and lower worlds. Persephone spends six months on earth and six in Hades. A316
• God of earth. A400
• Gods of earth. A400.0.1
• Goddess of earth. A400.1
• Angel of earth. A400.2
• Mother Earth. The earth is conceived of as the mother of all things. (Cf. A431.1.) A401
• Mother Earth pregnant with Adam. A401.1
• Hearth-god. A411.4
• God whose shadow on earth is a lizard. A446.1.1
• Miscellaneous gods of the earth. A490
• Return of mortal reincarnation of celestial being to the country of the gods after his mission has been accomplished on earth. A566.1
• Culture hero still keeps watch over earth. A572
• All things created in pairs (heaven and earth, etc.). A610.1
• Creation of heaven, earth, and hell. A610.2
• Universe from creator's masturbation with water, with stone, and with earth. (Cf. A1216.1). A615.1
• Spontaneous encroachment of heavens and earth checked by creator. A620.2
• World parents: sky-father and earth-mother as parents of the universe. The sky-father descends upon the earth-mother and begets the world. A625
• Heaven-mother – earth-father. A625.1
• Raising of the sky. Originally the sky is near the earth (usually because of the conjunction of the sky-father and earth-mother). It is raised to its present place. A625.2
• Heaven and earth originally connected by navel string. Navel string cut. A625.2.1
• Deity clothes his father the sky after he has separated him from earth. A625.2.4
• Heaven and earth from egg. They are the two halves of an egg shell. Eros escapes as they are separated. A641.1
• Third sky above prevents earth being burned by sun. A651.1.1.1
• Sky as overshadowing tree. Shadowing the earth. A652.4
• Earth under umbrella. A653
• Primary elements of universe. (Earth, air, fire, water, etc.) A654
• World as egg. The two halves are heaven and earth. A655
• River connecting earth and upper and lower worlds. A657
• Bridge connecting earth and heaven. A657.1
• Heaven and earth touch each other at east, west, and south. A657.2
• Nine days' fall from heaven to earth; the same from earth to hell. A658.1
• Nine nights' riding from heaven (or earth) to hell. A658.1.1
• Big lake under the earth. A659.2
• River's source where sky and earth meet. A659.3
• Sky held against earth by great octopus. A665.5
• Rodent gnaws away ladder to other world and thus ghosts remain on earth. A666.2
• Marriage of earth and sky. A702.5
• Sun as man who left earth. Man, usually of supernatural birth, ascends to the sky and becomes the sun. A711
• Sun and moon from breasts of mother earth. (Cf. A401.) A715.4
• Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth. A721.1
• Sun's night journey. Around or under the earth. A722
• Sun's night journey with reversed face. It returns from west to east by the same way that it came, but it turns its light side to the sky and leaves the earth in darkness. A722.2
• Sun led through stream to cool off heat at night; otherwise might consume earth. A722.5.2
• Sun at night enters fissure between sky and earth. A722.7.1
• Sun visits earth in form of black bull, caught by man, thus causing night. A728.3
• Sun as king of sky and earth. A731
• Two faces of the sun: fire, directed toward earth; hail, directed toward heaven. A733.3
• Beams of light are snares with which sun is tied to earth. Cf. A728. A733.4
• Sun dries out earth with its heat. A733.5
• Moon tied to sun so that when sun sinks moon is dragged up to light earth. A735.1
• During day moon stays with his mother under the earth. A753.3.3
• Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth. A758
• Planet Mars lies on moon to impart warmth to her lest she freeze the earth. (Cf. A780). A759.7
• Stars as fires in the hearths of ghosts. A761.4
• Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. A788.3
• Creation of the earth. A800
• Earth born of Chaos. A801
• Waters of heaven would engulf earth were it not for firmament. A810.2.1
• Earth brought up from bottom of primeval water. (Cf. A812.) A811
• Earth originates from fish brought from bottom of sea. The fish is hacked with knives; hence, mountains. A811.1
• Earth brought up by three gods. A811.2
• Earth Diver. From a raft in the primeval sea, the creator sends down animals to try to bring up earth. After a number of animals have failed, one (often the muskrat) succeeds. The earth is made from the bit brought up. A812
• Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God. A812.1
• Earth from egg from bottom of sea recovered by bird. A812.2
• Creator sends crow, after creating her, to scout for earth-nucleus. A812.3
• Raft in primeval sea. Creator is on the raft and there creates the earth. (Cf. A812.) A813
• Earth in form of raft supported by spirits. A813.1
• Earth from object thrown on primeval water. A814
• Earth from stone thrown on primeval water. A814.1
• Earth from sand strewn on primeval water. A814.2
• Earth from decayed matter on primeval water. A814.3
• Earth from tree grown in primeval water. A814.4
• Earth from steam made by fire thrown into primeval water. A814.5
• Earth scattered in a circuit in four directions on primeval water. A814.6
• Earth from primeval water mixed with seeds of tobacco. A814.7
• Earth from lotus seed placed on water. A814.8
• Earth from egg breaking on primeval water. (Cf. A1222). A814.9