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- Earth brought up from bottom of primeval water. (Cf. A812.) A811
- Earth originates from fish brought from bottom of sea. The fish is hacked with knives; hence, mountains. A811.1
- Earth from egg from bottom of sea recovered by bird. A812.2
- 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
- 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
- Sun will lock moon in deep ditch in earth's bottom and will eat up stars at end of world. A1066
- Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. A1811.2
- Why tinsa tree has no bark at bottom of trunk. A2751.2.3
- Dragon's home in bottom of sea. B11.3.1
- Mermaid gives mortals gold from sea bottom. B81.13.4
- Magic sea-turtle sucks men to the bottom. B177.3
- Helpful animal recovers magic food-producing skin from river bottom. B531.3
- Fish brings lost object from bottom of sea. B548.2
- Otter retrieves lost magic object from bottom of lake. B548.3
- Magic tree at bottom of lake. D950.0.2
- By means of magic bag it is possible to stay as long on the bottom of the sea as one wants. (Cf. D1193.) D1388.0.5
- By means of magic helmet it is possible to stay on the bottom of the sea as long as one wants. (Cf. D1101.4.) D1388.0.6
- magic light illuminates bottom of lake. D1478.2
- Magic object lifts heavy object from river bottom. D1547.3
- Marvelous post wears down at top instead of rotting from bottom. (Cf. D956, D1250.) D1688
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