23 motifs match “pillars”  ·  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
• 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
• Tabu: burning caterpillars. C841.3
• Magic house-pillars. D1149.3
• Seat-pillars thrown in the sea (with god's image) indicate where to settle. D1314.11
• House-pillars warn. D1317.21
• Pillars dance when ogre plays guitar. (Cf. D1234.) D1599.1
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Women cohabit with magic house pillars. T461.2