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Motif

Dwarf home is underground, beneath cow stable. (Cf. F451.4.4.3.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.4.1.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish-Swedish Wessman 46 No. 387
  • German Findeisen No. 5.
Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs live under the ground.

Filed beside it
Dwarfs live in caves Dwarfs live in underground castle Dwarfs live in luxurious underground palace Dwarfs live in underground passage 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 Dwarfs live in stones. (Cf. F451.3.2.1.1.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Dwarfs request that cow stable be moved because it is above their home and the seepage strikes their dining table. (Cf. F381.7, F451.4.1.5.)

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