Dwarfs live in stones. (Cf. F451.3.2.1.1.)

Motif

Dwarfs live in stones. (Cf. F451.3.2.1.1.)

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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.

IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 265, 268–70, *Boberg
DanishSchmidt DF XXXIX 27, 108ff.
general *Fb "sten" III 552b

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Filed under Dwarfs live under the ground.

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Dwarfs live in caves Dwarfs live in underground castle Dwarfs live in luxurious underground palace Dwarfs live in underground passage Dwarf home is underground, beneath cow stable. (Cf. F451.4.4.3.)Dwarfs undermine lowlands for homes Entrance to dwarf home leads through some filthy place under the swill hole or swill tub Dwarfs live in the high banks of the seashore Burial places (barrows, howes) as homes of dwarfs Snow melts above dwarf's dwelling Dwarfs live in hills and mountains

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Dwarf prevented from getting into his stone before sunrise till he promises to do what hero demands (especially forge weapons). (Cf. D451.3.4.2, D451.4.1.12, F451.5.2.13.)

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