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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