Dwarf can take what shape he wants

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Dwarf can take what shape he wants.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.3.3.0.1

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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.

IcelandicVölsunga saga ch. 14 (Andvari), Zs. f. d. Phil. XXVI 12–13, Göngu-Hrólfs saga 307ff., Boberg.

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Filed under Dwarf as magician.

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Dwarfs turn peas into gold pieces Dwarf turns gold into lead Dwarfs transform people (animals)Dwarfs free mortals from enchantment Dwarfs bewitch cows to give no milk Dwarfs fly through air Dwarfs predict Dwarfs made invisible by magic caps. (Cf. F451.5.1.7., F455.5.3.)

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