70 motifs match “mountains”  ·  back to the chapters

• Angel of mountains. A418.1
• 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
• Four mountains support sky. A665.3.1
• Rugged, icy mountains in hell. A671.3.2
• Earth originates from fish brought from bottom of sea. The fish is hacked with knives; hence, mountains. A811.1
• 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
• Mountains push water westward. A914
• 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
• 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
• Creation of mountains and hills – miscellaneous. A969
• Mountains and valleys formed from great fire. A969.3
• Water freezes and forms mountains. A969.5
• Origin of mountains as punishment. A969.7
• Making mountains out of flat earth causes flood. A1016.5
• Mountains fall together at end of world. A1062
• 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
• Man born from mountains. A1245.5
• Lynx views country from mountainside: cause of his squint. (Cf. A2330.2.) A2211.1
• Why porcupine lives in high places in mountains. A2433.3.11
• Tabu: piling up mountains to reach heaven. C771.2
• Transformation: ship to mountains. D454.10.1
• Mountains or rocks open and close. (Cf. D931, D932.) D1552
• Illusion: mountains seem to be fighting. D2031.14
• Mountains (hills) magically transported. D2136.3
• Magic control of mountains. (Cf. D932.) D2152
• Magician able to cast mountains upon enemies. (Cf. D1711.) D2152.2
• Mountains in otherworld. F162.9
• Dwarfs live in hills and mountains. F451.4.1.11
• Huldra tend herds in mountains. F460.2.11
• Failure to bless mountains gives mountain-men power. F460.4.6
• Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains. F526.1
• Giants sit on mountains and wash feet in stream below. F531.3.9
• Giants live in mountains or caves. F531.6.2.1
• Strong man pulls down mountains. F626
• Lake monster turning over causes lake to overflow surrounding mountains. F713.3
• Extraordinary mountains and other land features. F750
• Fertile valleys created by deity's stamping down mountains. F756.2.2
• Extraordinary mountains and valleys – miscellaneous. F759
• Fetter for Fenris wolf. Made of sound caused by the footfall of cats, beards of women, roots of mountains, sinews of bears, breath of fish, and spittle of birds. F864.1
• Extraordinary activity of mountains. (Cf. F755.) F1006
• Riddle: what is that thou passest over with haste? (The field of youth; the mountains of youth, etc.) H767.1
• Dinner time comes soon in mountains because of rare atmosphere. J2276.1
• "What do I hold in my hand?" (Ring). "In its first state it was in the mountains; it is round and flat." Fool: "A millstone." J2712
• Worship of mountains and hills. (Cf. A495.) V1.6.1.1
• The large loaves need a large oven. Parson says that the loaves with which Jesus fed the people in the wilderness were as large as the mountains. The mason asks what kind of oven they were baked in. X434.1
• Lies about mountains and hills. X1520
• Lies about steep slopes of mountains. X1523
• Crooked railroads in mountains or hills. (Cf. X1815.) X1526.1