Invisible dwarfs at christening feast made to speak by brewing beer in egg-shell. (Cf. F321.1.1.1, F481.4.) — Mythoi

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Invisible dwarfs at christening feast made to speak by brewing beer in egg-shell. (Cf. F321.1.1.1, F481.4.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.17.1

Filed across the traditions

German Pröhle Harz. No. 229.

Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs invisibly attend wedding or christening feasts of mortals. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Changeling betrays his age when his wonder is excited. Usually pottage is boiled in an eggshell. The changeling: "I shall soon be a hundred years old but I never saw this done before!" Brewing in eggshell to drive away cobold. (Cf. F321.1.1.1, F451.5.17.1.)

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