Wood-spirit tiny. (Cf. F239.4.3, F535.)

Motif

Wood-spirit tiny. (Cf. F239.4.3, F535.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Vegetation spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F441.5.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter IXIX. The Worship of Trees

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.

general S. Am. Indian (Pitcomayo-Chaco): Belaieff BBAE CXLIII (1) 379.

Within the index

Filed under Size of wood-spirit.

Filed beside it

Wood-spirit gigantic. (Cf. F232.6, F531.)

Travels with

Fairy is tiny Dwarfs are small. (Cf. F239.4.3, F441.5.1.)Pygmy. Remarkably small man. Also called "dwarf". To be distinguished from the dwarfs who live in the woods and inhabit underground places (F451)

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