59 motifs match “pillar”  ·  back to the chapters

• God with body of caterpillars. A123.1.5
• House of god with pillars made of dead chief's bones. A151.4.4
• God flies in pillar of floating clouds, thunder, and lightning. A171.3
• Pillar supporting sky. A665.2
• Pillars supporting sky. A665.2.0.1
• Sky extended by means of pillars. A665.2.1.3
• Twelve iron pillars steady the earth. A841.3
• Pillars of Hercules at Gibraltar set up by Hercules. (Cf. A901.) A984
• Why caterpillars climb trees. A2479.6
• Why hairy caterpillar is venomous. A2532.2
• Helpful caterpillar. B484.1
• Marriage to person in caterpillar form. B643.3
• Tabu: burning caterpillars. C841.3
• Transformation to pillar of salt for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331.) – C961.1
• Transformation: man to caterpillar. D192.1
• Transformation: man to pillar of earth. D287.2
• Magic house-pillars. D1149.3
• Magic pillar of fire indicates direction. (Cf. D1271.) D1313.16
• Fiery pillar guides person (to church). (Cf. D1271.) D1314.10
• Seat-pillars thrown in the sea (with god's image) indicate where to settle. D1314.11
• House-pillars warn. D1317.21
• Pillar of fire protects in desert. (Cf. D1271.) D1380.1.1
• Special shoes enable hero to climb a stone pillar. D1532.3.1
• Pillars dance when ogre plays guitar. (Cf. D1234.) D1599.1
• Soul hidden in pillar. E712.5
• Souls climb pillars of smoke and light on way to heaven. (Cf. E722.2.1.) E754.6
• Pillars of silver and glass in otherworld. F169.1
• Pillars of bronze in otherworld. F169.1.1
• Pillars of gold in otherworld. F169.1.2
• Shining bower on a pillar for fée in otherworld. F224
• Strong man uses pillar-stone as weapon. F614.2.1
• River issues from pillar. F715.1.2
• Well shoots up high as pillars, and discharges itself into navigable streams. (Cf. D926.) F718.11
• Habitable hill raised on four pillars. F721.2.1
• Castle stands on a pillar (pillars). F771.2.5
• Extraordinary pillars. F774
• Pillars of precious stones. F774.1
• Burning pillar reaching heaven. F774.2
• Pillar of fire. (Cf. F962.2.2, F964.0.1.) F774.2.1
• Musical pillar. (Cf. A661.0.2.1.) F774.3
• Artificial heavens. Placed on pillars of iron. Seven heavens. (1) glass, sun, moon, stars, (2) iron with lake in it, (3) tin with precious stones rolling about (thunder), (4) lead, (5) copper, (6) silver, (7) gold. F792
• Pillar of fire reaches from heaven to earth. (Cf. F774.2.1.) F962.2.2
• Pillar of fire (in sky). F964.0.1
• Demon as fiery pillar. G302.3.1
• Quest for marvelous pillar. H1322
• Quest for silver pillar covered with golden flowers. H1322.1
• How to save the rice. Boy has rice in joined hands and arms around a pillar. Afraid to move lest rice be lost. Roof is removed and boy lifted over pillar. J2119.6
• Warrior deceived into attacking substituted pillar-stone. Stone bears enemy's dress (crown). K1845.1
• Punishment: nailing to pillar. Q462.1
• Penance: Gregory on the stone. Standing on a stone (pillar) as penance for incest. (Cf. Q242, T415.) Q541.3
• Captivity in a pillar. R41.6
• Rescue of earl's daughter from giant's cave where she is chained to the wall (a pillar). R111.2.3.1
• Marriage custom: going round and round fire (pillar, etc.). T135.10
• Women cohabit with magic house pillars. T461.2
• Fiery pillar as sign of Christ's visit. (Cf. F964.0.1.) V211.2.1
• Pillar of fire rises over woman pregnant with future saint. V222.0.1.1
• Saint identified by pillar of fire above her head. V222.0.1.2
• Unusual fuel used by saints: burning stone, snow and icicles, marble pillar, and green timber. V229.9
• Never. "Till Ogham and pillar be blent together, till heaven and earth, till sun and moon be blent together." Z61.1