Seemingly worthless gifts of water-spirits turn to gold. (Cf. F451.5.1.4. and cross references there given.)

Motif

Seemingly worthless gifts of water-spirits turn to gold. (Cf. F451.5.1.4. and cross references there given.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Water-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F420.5.1.7.2

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

GermanHenne-Am Rhyn 119, Meier I 71, 79.

Within the index

Filed under Water-spirits give gifts to mortals. (Cf. F342, F451.5.1.5.)

Filed beside it

Water-spirits give money, gold, or precious stones. (Cf. F451.5.1.5.)Water-spirits give magic gifts Water-spirit returns to the woodchopper a silver axe in place of the one he has lost Water-spirit gives mortal fish

Travels with

Dwarfs' gold. Seemingly worthless gift given by dwarfs turns to gold

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