2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Foundation Stone from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines foundation stone, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
God lifted a clot of snow from beneath the Throne, cast it on the waters, and earth surfaced where Eden had stood ready for ages.
Before the Temple was built, a stone already held the abyss under Zion, engraved with the Name, and King David nearly lifted it and flooded the world.
