Dwarfs made invisible by magic caps. (Cf. F451.5.1.7., F455.5.3.)

Motif

Dwarfs made invisible by magic caps. (Cf. F451.5.1.7., F455.5.3.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.3.3.8

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 269
GermanEckart 7, 27, 79, Pröhle Harzsagen Nos. 220, 220 I, 229, Sieber 62, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 368.

Within the index

Filed under Dwarf as magician.

Filed beside it

Dwarf can take what shape he wants 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

Travels with

Dwarfs serve mortals Dwarfs invisibly attend wedding or christening feasts of mortals. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.)Trolls have cap of invisibility. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.)

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