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• Home of gods on island. A151.3.2
• God's landing place (on island). A151.12
• God given dominion over floating island. A179.2
• Culture hero still alive on mysterious island. A571.2
• Islands in sea of fire in hell. A671.2.4.2
• Islands of the blest. A692
• Lake bursts forth where island is plowed out. (Cf. A951.) A920.1.9
• Origin of islands. A955
• Islands created by order of deity. A955.0.1
• Islands as deity's stepping-stones. (Cf. A901.) A955.1
• Island created by shooting arrow. (Cf. D936, D1092.) A955.2
• Origin of island's shape and position. A955.3
• Origin of an island's shape. A955.3.1
• Origin of island's position. A955.3.2
• Primeval hero moves islands into their present position. A955.3.2.1
• Island plowed out by goddess. (Cf. A951.) A955.4
• Islands from cow and calf transformed by evil eye of one-eyed god. A955.5
• Islands from stones cast by giantess. (Cf. A901, A963.5.) A955.6
• Islands from webs woven by primeval spiders. A955.7
• Island fished-up by demigod (hero). A955.8
• Goddess gives birth to islands. A955.9
• Islands from transformed object or person. A955.10
• Islands originally form continent, later separated. A955.11
• Old woman as guardian of floating islands of the gods. A955.12
• Escape from deluge on island. A1025
• Spontaneous generation. Scientists find child on deserted island. They suggest that he has emerged from the ground. A1234.3
• Why porcupines and skunks do not live on Cape Breton Island. A2434.2.1
• Why foxes do not live on a certain island: driven out by a god. A2434.2.2
• Dragon lives in isolated island. B11.3.8
• Bird steals island. B172.11
• Tabu: pointing boat toward island of the gods. C51.9
• Tabu: landing on floating island of the gods without invitation. C93.8
• Tabu: looking on certain island. C315.5
• Tabu: women to be on certain island. C619.4
• Tabu: landing on certain island during forbidden period. C755.7
• Island split apart for broken tabu. C984.8
• Transformation: man (woman) to island. D284
• Transformation: stone to island. D452.1.8
• Island canoe. An island that becomes a canoe at will. D632.1
• Magic object received from maiden in otherworld island. D813.3
• Magic object found on an island. D849.3
• Magic island. D936
• Island made by magic. D936.1
• Saint casts staffs to distant island. Staff that reaches owner shall have island. (Cf. D1254.) D1524.1.2.1
• Island canoe. Magic island acts as canoe or boat. (Cf. D936, D1122.) D1524.4
• Speaking island. (Cf. D936.) D1610.19.1
• Magic island moves about as owner wishes. (Cf. D936.) D1643.3
• Storm appears to be island. D2031.17
• Island magically transported. (Cf. D936.) D2136.6
• Island created by magic. D2153.1.1
• Island of the dead. E481.2.0.1
• Island of Tir Tairngire (Land of Promise) cannot be reached in boat made of "dead soft skins of animals." F111.2.1
• Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc. F112
• Journey to island inhabited by only one (beautiful) woman. F112.0.1.1
• Man on Island of Fair Women overcome by loving women. F112.1
• Journey to otherworld island. (Cf. F111.1, F112.1, F134.) F129.4
• Voyage to Island of Darkness. F129.4.5
• Voyage to Island of Silence. F129.4.6
• Otherworld on island. F134
• Series of otherworld islands. F134.0.1
• Otherworld island disappears leaving voyagers in boat at sea. F134.2
• Otherworld island divided into four parts. F134.3
• Divine swans are on an inaccessible island in middle of seven seas. F134.4
• Door to otherworld island sounds sleep-bringing music. F156.1
• Door to otherworld island in supporting pedestal. F156.2
• Island of glass in otherworld. F162.0.1.1
• Island in otherworld garden inhabited half by dead and half by living. F162.1.2.5
• Otherworld islands of birds. F167.1.2.1
• Four-sided silver column on otherworld island. F169.1.3
• Fairyland on island. F213
• Fairies fight among selves for possession of island. F277.0.2
• Fairies depart to floating island. F388.2
• Giant extends across whole island. Head against stone in west and feet against another in east. F531.2.1.4
• Extraordinary islands. F730
• Island covered with treasure. F731
• Island covered with gold. F731.1
• Crystalline island. F731.2
• Island with rampart of gold and palisade of silver. F731.3
• Stones of island are jewels. F731.4
• Island of amber (glass). F731.5
• Island of pearls. F731.6
• Island of rare wood. F732
• Island of ebony. F732.1
• Island of aloes. F732.2
• Island of camphor. F732.3
• Fruitful island. F733
• Otherworld island grows foot yearly. F734
• Island rises up in sea. F735
• Island rises up in river. F735.0.1
• Island rises once every seven years. F735.0.2
• Island appears only at certain times. F735.0.3
• Island with extraordinary support. F736
• Island supported on four feet. F736.1
• Island supported on seven feet. F736.1.1
• Otherworld island supported by pedestal. F736.2
• Wandering island. Moves about at will and sometimes appears and disappears from sea. F737
• Flying island. Floats in sky. (Cf. F755.3.) F738
• Islands of extraordinary color. Green, white, etc. F741
• Magic invisibility of otherworld island. (Cf. D1980.) F742
• Island inhabited by only one species. F743