μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • IcelandicBoberg
  • DanishKristensen Danske Sagn (1892) 156ff., (1928) 171ff.
  • DutchSinninghe FFC CXXXII 55 No. 65
  • GermanSieber 61f., 283, Winckler 43 No. 36, Karstens-Goslar 41, Kahlo Harz. 30 No. 51, Förstner Kyffhäuser 22, Kapff 45
  • Eskimo (Mackenzie Area)Jenness 84.
Within the index

Filed under Malevolent dwarf.

Filed beside it
Ungrateful dwarfDwarfs steal from human beingsDwarfs exchange children in cradleDwarfs 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 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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