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Dwarfs live under the ground.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.4.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Göngu-Hrólfs saga 308, MacCulloch Eddic 265, 269
  • German Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54
  • Missouri French Carrière.
Within the index

Filed under Home of dwarfs.

12 finer motifs beneath it
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 Dwarfs live in stones. (Cf. F451.3.2.1.1.)
Filed beside it
Dwarfs have homes above the ground Description of dwarf home Home of dwarfs is endangered or destroyed Government among dwarfs In dwarf land sunrise is at midnight

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