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• Mortal transfigured to god on mountain top. A117.4
• God's voice shatters mountain. A139.5.1
• Home of gods on high mountain. Mt. Olympus. A151.1
• God speaks from mountain. A182.3.0.5
• Deity of particular mountain. (Cf. A495.) A418
• Angel of mountains. A418.1
• Mountain-god. A495
• Culture hero asleep in mountain. A571
• Universe from parts of creator's body. Ymir makes the world from his members – mountains from bones, cliffs from teeth, heavens from skull, etc. A614
• Upper world (heaven) as a mountain. The sky is the hollowed under side of the mountain. A662
• Mountain supports sky. A665.3
• Four mountains support sky. A665.3.1
• Rugged, icy mountains in hell. A671.3.2
• Mountain where sun goes through. A722.7
• Earth originates from fish brought from bottom of sea. The fish is hacked with knives; hence, mountains. A811.1
• Stone emerges from primeval water. Devil sits on the stone, which becomes a mountain. A816.1
• Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
• Creator's giant servant puts a valley where earth's crust is heavy and a mountain where it is light so as to stabilize it. A857.2
• Mountain at center of earth. A875.1.1
• Mountains push water westward. A914
• Stream unexpectedly bursts from side of mountain. A934.9
• Creation of mountains (hills). A960
• Mountains from primeval animal. A961
• Mountains from hacked-up fish drawn from bottom of primeval water. Earth originates from a fish drawn from the water. It is hacked up and thus made to form mountains. A961.2
• Mountain from accident to primeval lizard. Lizard passing through a mountain is broken; his fore and hinder parts become mountains. A961.3
• Mountains spring from scattered parts of slain giant serpent's body. A961.4
• Mountains (cliffs) from bones of killed giant. A961.5
• Mountains (hills) from ancient activities of god (hero). A962
• Mountain from part of deity's (hero's) body. A962.1
• Mountains made with God's hand. A962.2
• Mountains from primeval journeys of a god. (Cf. A901.) A962.3
• Mountains pressed together by God. A962.4
• Mountains made with the hand. A962.5
• Mountains originated from primeval journeys of the first man. A962.6
• Mountains and hills are former sons, daughters of gods. A962.9
• Mountains from stones (soil, sand) dropped or thrown. A963
• Mountains from stones dropped from giant's clothes. He carries the stones in his clothes but loses them as he walks. A963.1
• Mountains from breaking of God's sieve. He is sifting stones and the bottom of the sieve breaks, letting huge stones and mountains fall through. (Cf. A971.) A963.2
• Soil dropped to form mountains. A963.3
• Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church. A963.4
• Mountains (hills) from ancient contest (fight). A964
• Mountains fight each other: cause of their present shape. A964.2
• Mountains fight each other for honor of being the spot for the revelation. A964.2.1
• Origin of mountain chain. A965
• One mountain in love with another stretches leg out to meet her: origin of a mountain chain. A965.1
• Creation of mountains and hills – miscellaneous. A969
• Mountain from buried giant. A969.1
• Cloud on lofty male mountain induced by a beautiful female mountain to bow to her feet: hence their present shape. A969.2
• Mountains and valleys formed from great fire. A969.3
• Water freezes and forms mountains. A969.5
• Origin of mountains as punishment. A969.7
• Mountain or hills from actions of the devil. A969.9
• Making mountains out of flat earth causes flood. A1016.5
• Escape from deluge on mountain. A1022
• Mountains fall together at end of world. A1062
• Wind a bird dwelling in mountain-hole. A1122.2
• Origin of clouds: creator ornaments the sky with clouds so that the mountains are sometimes shaded. A1133.2
• Origin of thunder clouds: from wings of mountains. A1142.4
• Wings cut from flying mountains. In beginning mountains have wings. They are cut off by thunderbolt. A1185
• Creator appoints a chief for each class of created things: Lucifer for demons, Sion for mountains, etc. A1187
• Mankind emerges from mountain. A1234.2
• Man born from mountains. A1245.5
• Creation of mountain sheep. A1884.1
• Lynx views country from mountainside: cause of his squint. (Cf. A2330.2.) A2211.1
• Why mountain-sheep's horns are close together. A2326.3.5
• Why porcupine lives in high places in mountains. A2433.3.11
• Dragon's home at top of mountain. His breath forms clouds to hide the mountain. B11.3.2
• Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes. B31.3
• Clever and swift horse fed with worms' milk on the gold mountain Tecklen in India. B710.2.1
• Bear could formerly lift mountain. B746
• Tabu: offending spirits of water, mountain, etc. C40
• Tabu: offending mountain-spirit. C42
• Tabu: looking at mountain-folk. C311.1.3
• Tabu: touching sacred mountain. C526
• Compulsion: taking back talisman which opened treasure mountain. Hero takes treasure and forgets the talisman. C652
• Tabu: piling up mountains to reach heaven. C771.2
• Transformation to mountain ridge for breaking tabu. C961.4
• Person must remain on mountain because of broken tabu. C983
• Transformation: man to mountain. D291
• Transformation: stone to mountain. D452.1.2
• Transformation: cloak to mountain. D454.3.4.1
• Transformation: brush to mountain. D454.7
• Transformation: comb to mountain. D454.7.1
• Transformation: ship to mountains. D454.10.1
• Transformation: mirror to glass mountain. D454.12
• Disenchantment by climbing glass mountain. D753.4
• Magic mountain. D932
• Mountain created by magic. D932.0.1
• M. healing mountain. (Cf. D932.) D1500.1.38
• Saint's bachall leads stream through mountain (or up hill.) (Cf. D1277.) D1549.3.2
• Saint's bachall brings down mountain on heads of enemies. (Cf. D1277.) D1549.4
• Mountains or rocks open and close. (Cf. D931, D932.) D1552
• Door opens in mountain. (Cf. D932.) D1552.0.1
• Mountain opens at blow of divining rod. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1552.1
• Mountain opens to magic formula (Open Sesame). (Cf. D1273.) D1552.2
• Mountain pass magically closes. D1552.3
• Mountain opens and lets ship on wheels out, permitting magician's escape. D1552.4
• Mountain opens and furnishes stones for church. D1552.7
• Magic soot causes mountain to open. (Cf. D931.1.) D1552.10
• Magic stone opens treasure mountain. (Cf. D930.) D1552.11