▁it ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁qu ern ▁or ▁mill ▁of ▁some ▁sort ▁that ▁made ▁fl our , ▁salt , ▁and ▁gold ▁out ▁of ▁thin ▁air . ▁The ▁world ▁pill ar ▁hypothesis ▁was ▁originally ▁developed ▁by ▁historian ▁of ▁relig ions ▁Un o ▁Har va ▁and ▁the ▁lingu ist ▁E em il ▁N est or ▁Set äl ä ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁arch ae ologist ▁El ena ▁K uz ' mina ▁the ▁Sam po ▁mill ▁myth ▁origin ates ▁from ▁the ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁sk amb há ▁( support , ▁pill ar , ▁column ), ▁and ▁was ▁borrow ed ▁into ▁Fin no - U gr ic . ▁In ▁the ▁Ath ar v av eda ▁the ▁' sk amb há ' ▁is ▁a ▁creature ▁that ▁supports ▁the ▁universe , ▁analog ous ▁to ▁the ▁World ▁Tree ▁- ▁the ▁Sam po ▁has ▁been ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁equivalent ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁tree . ▁ ▁Similar ▁devices ▁ ▁The ▁World ▁Mill ▁is ▁a ▁hypoth es ized ▁my theme ▁shared ▁by ▁the ▁myth ologies ▁of ▁certain ▁Ind o - Europe an - spe aking ▁pe op les , ▁involving ▁the ▁anal ogy ▁of ▁the ▁cos mos ▁or ▁the ▁firm ament ▁( F inn ish : ▁Ta iva ank ans i ) ▁and ▁a ▁rot ating ▁mill stone . ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁A ar ne – Th om pson ▁classification ▁systems ▁of ▁Fol k - T ales , ▁tale ▁type ▁ 5 6 5 ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁magic ▁mill ▁that