Dwarfs as smiths

Motif

Dwarfs as smiths.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.3.4.2

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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) 23ff., (1928) 26ff.
IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 66, 266ff., *Boberg
GermanHaas Grimmen 46 No. 54, Karstens-Goslar 135.

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Filed under Dwarfs as workmen.

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Dwarf workmen heard at night Dwarfs as artificers Dwarfs do farming Dwarf sews Dwarf bakes bread Dwarfs spin Dwarfs churn Dwarfs carry water Dwarf expert at making palm wine Dwarf splits wood using penis as wedge Dwarf can draw entrails out of elephant

Travels with

Underground spirit instructs a smith. (Cf. F451.3.4.2.)Dwarfs make weapons and other precious objects for the gods. (Cf. F451.3.4.2.)

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