Dwarfs pay for being ferried across water

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Dwarfs pay for being ferried across water.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.10.6

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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.

DanishKristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 417ff., (1928) 256ff.
GermanKarstens-Goslar 155.

Within the index

Filed under Business relations of dwarfs and mortals.

Filed beside it

Dwarfs accept remuneration Dwarfs object to rewards. (Cf. F451.5.10.9.)Dwarfs borrow from mortals Dwarfs return what they borrow Dwarfs buy peas from mortals and pay more than they are worth Mortal confiscates property of dwarfs Dwarfs make promises with mental reservations Ausgelohnt. When dwarfs are paid in full for their work they cease helping mortals

Travels with

Emigrating dwarfs are ferried across water. (Cf. F451.5.10.6.)

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