Water-spirits take revenge if yearly tribute is not given

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Water-spirits take revenge if yearly tribute is not given.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Water-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F420.5.2.6.1

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

GermanMeier III 428 No. 121, Haas Pommersche 38 No. 78
FrenchSébillot France II 338, 339
DanishKristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 156ff., (1928) 108ff.

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Water-spirits take revenge for trespassing on ground they claim as theirs Water-spirits take revenge for being harmed Water-spirits avenge selves on mortal who fails to keep promise Water-maidens avenge selves for scorned love Water-spirits take revenge on mortals for pollution of water

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