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Motif

Malevolent dwarf.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 269f., *Boberg
  • Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 393ff., (1928) 249ff.
  • German Bindewald 87.
  • general *Type 301
  • general BP II 301ff.
Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs and human beings.

14 finer motifs beneath it
Ungrateful dwarf Dwarfs steal from human beings Dwarfs exchange children in cradle Dwarfs 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 punish Dwarfs play pranks Dwarfs threaten mortals Dwarfs scold mortals Dwarfs frighten mortals Dwarfs attack soldier Dwarf takes back gifts he gave Dwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (or which the receiver does not appreciate) Dwarfs demand gifts
Filed beside it
Helpful dwarfs Dwarfs are ancestors of mortals Mortal goes to land of dwarfs Dwarfs have human woman as midwife Dwarfs have mortal god-parent. (Cf. F420.5.3.3.) Dwarfs visit mortal's home Dwarfs associate with mortals Dwarfs and Christianity. (Cf. F420.5.3.4. and cross-references there given. Cf. also F451.9.1.6.) Business relations of dwarfs and mortals Dwarfs suffer abuses by mortals Dwarfs thwart efforts of mortals to get additional favors Dwarfs exact promise from mortals Dwarfs tease mortals Dwarfs give riddles and questions to mortals Dwarfs dislike human vices Dwarfs invisibly attend wedding or christening feasts of mortals. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.)
Carried in tale types

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