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Motifs — first 20 of 68
- Saint sees vision of three cities in heaven: a city of gold, a city of silver, a city of glass. A661.1.2
- Discontented pine-tree: cause of pine needles. Pine tree given silk leaves, glass leaves, etc. Always discontented. Finally has needles again. (Cf. A2767.1.) A2723.1
- Transformation: rock to glass. D452.1.5
- Transformation: mirror to glass mountain. D454.12
- Disenchantment by climbing glass mountain. D753.4
- Magic goblet (glass). D1171.6.2
- Breakage of glass or crockery occurs in threes. One breakage is followed by two more. D1273.1.1.2
- Magic glass supplies drink. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) D1472.1.16
- Magic sight by looking into glass of water. D1821.3.7.1
- Magician carries woman in glass coffin. She comes out at his will. D2185
- Crash as of breaking glass, though no glass is found broken. E402.1.6
- Ladder of glass to upper world. F52.1
- Glass mountain at borders of otherworld. Mountain is extremely slippery. F145.1
- Glass bridge to otherworld. F152.1.4
- Journey to otherworld in crystal (glass) boat. F157.1
- Island of glass in otherworld. F162.0.1.1
- Sea of glass in otherworld. F162.4
- Hall of glass in otherworld. F165.3.1
- Pillars of silver and glass in otherworld. F169.1
- Ship of glass in otherworld. F169.3
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1170 The Unsalable Woman (previously The Evil Woman in the Glass Case as Last Commodity)
- ATU 530 The Princess on the Glass Mountain
- ATU 860 Nuts of 'Ay ay ay!' A princess is offered to any man who can bring a glass containing all kinds of water, a bouquet of all the flowers, and nuts of ay, ay, ay! A suitor brings seawater, a beehive, and hazelnuts with thorns so that the king cries, 'Ay, ay, ay!' [H1377