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• Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot is in the north of the country and the other is in the south. A133.2
• Gods live in cloudland. A151.1.4
• Home of gods on island. A151.3.2
• God's landing place (on island). A151.12
• God given dominion over floating island. A179.2
• Philandering god. A188.1
• Culture hero (saint) defends Ireland against foreign invasions. A536.1
• Culture hero still alive on mysterious island. A571.2
• Land of the saints surrounded by fiery circle. A661.0.10
• Hell confused with fairy land. A671.0.4
• Islands in sea of fire in hell. A671.2.4.2
• Islands of the blest. A692
• Christian paradise (Terra Repromissionis) corresponding to pagan Celtic otherworld (Ireland). A694.1
• Sun's night journey: in land of dead. A722.3
• China first land to appear in our world. A802
• Roots created to hold land firm. A857.3.1
• Topographical changes or landmarks due to battle between gods. A901.1
• Lake bursts forth where island is plowed out. (Cf. A951.) A920.1.9
• Hail-storm leaves twelve chief rivers in Ireland. A934.6
• Origin of the land. A950
• Contours of land caused by plowing of goddess. (Cf. A901.) A951
• Contours of land caused by rooting of swine. A951.2
• Contours of land caused by occult hero driving harrow. A951.3
• Land rises out of sea. A952
• Land thrown down from heaven. A953
• Land born from goddess. A954
• 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
• Other land features. A990
• Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth. A994
• Preservation of life of certain persons in Ireland during Flood. (Cf. A1006.5.) A1005.1
• Holy Land not ravaged by deluge. A1005.3
• Ireland repopulated by persons who escape flood. A1006.5
• Ireland, waste for centuries after flood, is repopulated by immigrants. A1006.6
• Persons excluded from Noah's ark build another ark and sail to Ireland. A1021.0.1
• Escape from deluge on island. A1025
• Purchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.) A1174.3
• Spontaneous generation. Scientists find child on deserted island. They suggest that he has emerged from the ground. A1234.3
• First convert to Christianity in Ireland. A1546.3.1
• First judgment in Ireland. A1580.1.1
• Origin of women in Ireland. A1611.5.4.1
• First lapdog in Ireland. A1831.2
• First deer in Ireland – introduced by Tuatha Dé Danann. A1875.0.1
• First cattle in Ireland. A1877.1
• First sheep in Ireland. A1884.0.1
• Insects from devil's post-hole. Devil is given enough land to dig a post-hole. From this come all kinds of insects. To stop them a burning log is put in the hole. Insects therefore hate smoke. A2004
• First bees in Ireland. A2012.2
• Origin of gnats in Lapland. A2033.1
• Origin of cockroach in Finland. A2061.1
• Why some whales die on land: first whale did so. A2211.4
• Tortoise hurled on rock: half falls on land, half in water. Therefore amphibious. A2214.5
• Animal scorches self while putting out fire in land of fire, woe and darkness. A2218.1.1
• Bird carries deity (his daughter) home from land of skulls: given brilliant plumage. (Cf. A2313.4, A2321.6, A2421.5.) A2223.2
• 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
• Why there are no snakes in Ireland. A2434.2.3
• First birch trees in Ireland. A2681.4.1
• Dragon lives in isolated island. B11.3.8
• Dragon travels on sea or land. B11.4.4
• Dragon guards holy land. B11.6.4
• Dragon's shriek makes land barren. B11.12.2
• Sea-beast: when it belches landward, it causes disease; upward it kills birds; downward, fishes and sea animals. B16.4.1.1.2
• Mermaids are like fishes in the water, like men on land. B81.0.1
• Bird steals island. B172.11
• Magic horse travels on sea or land. B184.1.4
• Land of lions. B221.3
• Land of elephants. B221.4
• Land of mice. B221.5
• Land of tigers. B221.6
• Kingdom (land) of birds. B222
• Land of pigeons. B222.1
• Land of peacocks. B222.2
• Land of parakeets. B222.3
• Land of parrots. B222.4
• Cow gives twelve measures of milk for the twelve apostles of Ireland. B251.2.10
• Whale raises back so that voyaging clerics can land to celebrate. B256.12
• Woman slandered as adulteress is thrown into lion pit. Lions do not harm her. B522.3
• Owl saves man from drowning: flaps wings to call attention to direction of land. B527.3
• Transportation to fairyland on griffin's back. B542.2.1
• Sea-beast allows voyager to land upon his back. B556
• Bird conducts navigators to landing place. B563.7
• Bellow of bull heard over entire land. B741.4
• Animal feels agitation at sight of native land. B773.1
• Tabu: pointing boat toward island of the gods. C51.9
• Tabu: landing on floating island of the gods without invitation. C93.8