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• God of stones. A499.3
• Music produced by precious stones in heaven. A661.0.2.2
• Self-illuminating precious stones in heaven. A661.0.7
• Fiery stones in hell. A671.2.4.9
• Rivers formed where certain stones are placed. Each of seven children are to go in a different direction, to walk a mile and put down a stone, then another mile and a stone, etc. Thus rivers are formed. A934.2
• Islands as deity's stepping-stones. (Cf. A901.) A955.1
• Islands from stones cast by giantess. (Cf. A901, A963.5.) A955.6
• 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
• Mountains and hills from stones thrown by giant at church. A963.4
• Hills from stones cast by giants. A963.5
• Origin of rocks and stones. A970
• Holes in stones caused by piercing by saint's finger. A972.3
• Great fish killed by hero and cut into sixteen pieces: the great stones may still be seen. A972.7
• Origin of stones: punishment for discourtesy. Jesus asks a man what he is sowing. He answers, "Stones." Jesus turns the crop to stones. This is how stones originate. A973
• Certain stones are druids transformed by power of saint. A974.1
• Certain stones are transformed giants. A974.2
• Why stones became hard. By God's order. (Cf. A968.1.) A975
• Why stones no longer grow. Devil sows stones; God sends cold to prevent their growing. A975.1
• Why stones no longer grow: punishment for injuring foot of holy person. A975.1.1
• Origin of particular stones or groups of stones. A977
• Giant responsible for certain stones. (Cf. A963.1.) A977.1
• Devil throws stones. A977.2
• Devil and man throw stones in contest. A977.2.1
• The devil throws stones at church or churchmen. (Cf. A963.4.) A977.2.2
• Devil throws down quoits when he is told that it is wrong to play on Sunday. They remain as stones to this day. A977.2.3
• Devil drops stones. A977.3
• The devil drops stones from apron. (Cf. A963.1.) A977.3.1
• Certain stones are cheeses transformed by saint. (Cf. A974.) A977.5.1
• Pile of stones in certain chapel formed of fragments of salmon transformed by saint. A977.5.2
• Certain stones are druids' (saints') seats (chairs). A989.3
• Pile of stones (cairn) marks site of battle. A989.4
• World destroyed by rain of stones. A1099.1
• Thunder from crashing of stones in moon as goddess beats tapa. A1142.5.1.1
• Man created from stones. A1245
• New race from stones thrown over head after deluge. (Cf. A1254.1.) A1245.1
• Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds, or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water. A1260.1.3
• Sun and moon beget stones and birds: these transformed to first parents. A1271.2
• Origin of sling-stones. A1459.1.3
• Spider carries large stone on head and drops it: hence spiders under stones. (Cf. A2433.5.3.) A2211.6
• Raven singes feet on hot stones: why its wings clap when it flies. (Cf. A2442.2.1.) A2218.6
• Haunts of spider. (Cf. A2211.6, large stones, A2261.2, dusty corners.) A2433.5.3
• Why spider lives under stones. A2433.5.3.1
• Why hawks put heads of mice, etc. on pile of stones. A2452.3
• Man tells Jesus he is sowing stones. "You shall get stones." Why peas do not soften in boiling. A2721.3.1
• Farmer tells begging monk that potatoes are hard as stones: why potatoes are hard. A2721.3.2
• Venomous snakes play with precious stones. B765.12
• Tabu: digging up certain stones. C523.1
• Transformation: peas to stones. (Cf. D444.4, D471.1.) D451.9.1
• Transformation: stones to peas. D452.1.6
• Christ asks woman what she is cooking; she replies that she is boiling stones to make her children think they are peas and that they will have food. Christ changes the stones to peas. D452.1.6.1
• Transformation: stones to weapons. D452.1.11
• Transformation: stones to dust. D452.1.12
• Animals turned into stones. D471.8
• Stolen chickens turned to stones in cooking. D471.8.1
• Transformation: stones to gold coins. D475.2.1
• Transformation: stones into jewels. D475.4.1
• Twelve stones unite to make one. [Inadvertant duplication of F1009.4.] D491.6
• Bag of stones becomes auks on touching ground. D565.9
• Stones fixed in the earth have certain magic powers. D931.0.2
• Magic stones from holy well protect against loss by fire or water. D1382.1.0.1
• Raja's guards magically transform stones and dry bones rained upon him by army of witches and turn them back. D1400.1.22
• Clouds fetch previous stones. (Cf. D901.) D1469.16
• Magic kettle (cauldron) turns stones to excellent food. D1472.1.11.1
• Mountain opens and furnishes stones for church. D1552.7
• Magic lyre charms stones into their place in building. (Cf. D1231.1.) D1565.2
• Stones, being removed, return to their places. (Cf. D931, D1401.5.) D1602.1
• Stones remove themselves. (Cf. D931.) D1641.2
• Stones go down to stream to drink. D1641.2.5
• Dancing stones. (Cf. D931.) D1646.4
• Stones prostrate themselves before certain persons. (Cf. D931.) D1648.3
• Stones for heating water heated automatically in other world. (Cf. D931.) D1649.3
• Cursing stones. (Cf. D931.) D1792.3
• Stones cast in the ocean keep dry. D1841.4.3.2
• Invulnerability from hurled stones. D1841.5.1.1
• Elves get stones from fairies who get them from mermaids. The devil does the finishing work on the stones. D2066.1
• Curse makes stones useless. D2089.2
• Stones, etc., magically made to burn feet of enemies. D2091.10.1
• Stones fly through the air at saint's bidding. D2135.3
• Saint's prayer brings large flight of birds carrying stones in talons. These missiles dropped upon enemies cause terror. D2163.5.1
• Corpse buried under stones. E431.10.1
• Ghost laid by placing stones in throat of the corpse. E441.2
• Abode of the dead in stones. E481.3.2
• Dead lovers are now two stones lying together. E642.1
• Life token: stones prostrate themselves. E761.5.5.1
• (Luminous) precious stones in otherworld (dwelling). (Cf. A661.0.7.) F162.0.1.2
• Fairy casts huge stones to keep enemies off. F278.1
• Water-spirits give money, gold, or precious stones. (Cf. F451.5.1.5.) F420.5.1.7.1
• Dwarfs live in stones. (Cf. F451.3.2.1.1.) F451.4.1.12
• Giants throw stones after churches. F531.3.2.1
• Giant thinks shower of stones is snowfall. F531.5.4.1
• Giant and his wife build Roman road in a trice. Giant paves; wife brings stones. F531.6.6.5
• Strong man catches stones hurled from catapults by enemy and throws them back upon the besiegers. F636.4.2
• Stones of island are jewels. F731.4
• City of precious metals and stones. F761
• Pillars of precious stones. F774.1
• Door of precious stones. F782.2
• Nimrod's multiple throne. Seven thrones on top of one another. Stone, cedar, iron, copper, silver, gold, precious stones. F785.2
• 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