Underground spirits. (Cf. F200–F399, Fairies and Elves.)

Motif

Underground spirits. (Cf. F200–F399, Fairies and Elves.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F450

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

DanishKristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 4ff., (1928) 9ff.
IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 228ff.
FinnishHolmberg Finno-Ugric 178
Finnish-SwedishWessman 45ff.
general Persian Carnoy 298.

Within the index

5 finer motifs beneath it

Voetter (generalized underground spirit)Helpful underground spirit Dwarf. (Underground spirit.) The dwarf, especially in Northern Europe, is considered an underground spirit. He is to be distinguished from the other conception of dwarf, viz., a very small person, pigmy, or thumbling (F535). [Note: For help in the preparation of this item I am indebted to Mr. Alfred Thomas of Chicago. For full titles of references see F420.]Trolls. Sometimes underground spirits, sometimes also thought of as mountain-spirits. In many tales trolls are ogres. (Cf. G100, G400–G599.)Mine spirits. Gnomes. (Cf. E336.)

Travels with

Fairies (elves). See also F420 (Water Spirits), F451 (Dwarfs) and F460 (Mountain Spirits) for many common motifs

wander