I was told that hills were just the graves of giants who used to roam the earth. Apparently they just fell down and died one day. Hence the hills.
A childhood belief about landscape

others believed things like this
- When traveling, I used to believe the hills and mountains were graves for giants.— seattle
- that hills were giants buried underground...— tracy g
- I used to believe that the hills were buried dinosaurs.— mellybug11
- I thought hills were dragons sleeping under the grassAnon
- I used to believe that everyone on earth was just really dolls for giants to play with.— Chelsea
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that when people died, they would stand up and walk to their own graves.— Mark (england)