Mythical magic stones and rocks in stories

[Peasnbeans]

Can anyone tell me anything about magic stones in stories ?
Or list any stories / novels that use stones as a plot or anything?

Not a story as such, but there was a hidden gem of a children’s film by Robert Rodriquez called ‘Shorts’ which was about wishing stones.

There is also the old moral tale of ‘Stone Soup’.

Outlander is the one that springs to mind. Not badly written but by god could she use an editor by the later books.

The Weirdstone of Brithingarmen (sp) by Alan Garner( I think) I tried to get my GC to read it, but they were put off by the cover illustration.

Elfstones of Shannara

The Battle for Gullywith by Susan Hill.

King Arthur and the sword in the stone.

There are loads in the Norse sagas- you can get them all in translation

Weirdstone of Brisingemen was my first thought

My first thought too.

The Moonstone
Children on the Stones

oooh. The Stone Tapes!

Interestingly I know the story as nail soup rather than stone soup, but same story I imagine.

Stone Soup. It’s a folk tale so there are lots of different versions.

And obviously Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Soup from a stone. Fancy that.

I am old

Ahh The Magic Stone is the vintage ladybird version of the stone soup story. I lived it so much as a kid I could almost recite it from memory. And I've read it to my dd so many times, she can almost recite it too!

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper.

Also, The Owl Service by Alan Garner. The man likes his natural landscape features

Marianne Dreams - an odd liminal book and film, in which an ill girl draws a house and finds it come to life in her dreams, but surrounded by the scribbled watching stones she added.

the Dark Crystal - book of the film with amazing artwork by Brian Froud - about how the fracturing of the crystal broke the original race in a good bloodline and a bad, and only healing the crystal can reunite them.

Garth Nix's Abhorsen series features 'charter stones'

Narnia has that stone thing that Aslan gets slain upon

edit: I also seem to vaguely recall reading a story where a pet dog gets ‘pinned’ to the ground by an enchanted pebble nearby, it can’t move or lift its head… anyone?

The legend of Finn MacCool and Benandonner.

Finn MacCool giantscauseway.ccght.org/history-and-folklore/

The Belgariad series by David Eddings; entire quest for a magic stone.

The Moonstone

There's a beautiful children's book called Milo & the Magic Stones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milo-Magical-Stones-Marcus-Pfister/dp/0735822530

‘The singing stone’, O R Melling. Loved it as a teenager, Irish myths, gods and druids.

For younger children, there's a beautiful book called Milo and the Magical Stones. It's so unusual and wonderfully illustrated, and it has two endings, depending on whether the characters make the right or the wrong choice. Stunning, my kids loved it.