Water-spirit returns to the woodchopper a silver axe in place of the one he has lost

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Water-spirit returns to the woodchopper a silver axe in place of the one he has lost.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Water-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F420.5.1.7.4

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

LappishQvigstad FFC LX 46 No. 65
JapaneseIkeda.

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.)Seemingly worthless gifts of water-spirits turn to gold. (Cf. F451.5.1.4. and cross references there given.)Water-spirits give magic gifts Water-spirit gives mortal fish

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