μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • NorseMacCulloch Eddic 272
  • DanishKristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 294ff., (1928) 186ff.
  • GermanHaas Greifswald 36 No. 39, 40 No. 43, Sieber 60, Pröhle Harz. Nos. 189, 220 I, 207, 269, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 368.
Within the index

Filed under Malevolent dwarf.

1 finer motif beneath it
Father given carved wooden image in lieu of son stolen by dwarfs
Filed beside it
Ungrateful dwarfDwarfs steal from human beingsDwarfs kidnap mortals. (Cf. F420.5.2.2. and cross-references there given.)Dwarfs interfere with mortal's work (destroy buildings, crops, etc.) (Cf. F420.5.2.5.)Dwarfs punishDwarfs play pranksDwarfs threaten mortalsDwarfs scold mortalsDwarfs frighten mortalsDwarfs attack soldierDwarf takes back gifts he gaveDwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (or which the receiver does not appreciate)Dwarfs demand gifts

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