Giants and heroes created for the protection and aid of dwarfs. (Cf. F451.1.3.)

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Giants and heroes created for the protection and aid of dwarfs. (Cf. F451.1.3.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.10.1

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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.

GermanMacCulloch Eddic 265.

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Filed under Dwarfs and other supernatural beings.

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Giants and dwarfs in contest Dwarfs in love with other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.7.2.)Dwarfs make weapons and other precious objects for the gods. (Cf. F451.3.4.2.)

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Dwarfs came after giants had almost died out

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