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.

  • IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 269f., *Boberg
  • DanishKristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 393ff., (1928) 249ff.
  • GermanBindewald 87.
  • general *Type 301
  • general BP II 301ff.
Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs and human beings.

14 finer motifs beneath 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 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
Filed beside it
Helpful dwarfsDwarfs are ancestors of mortalsMortal goes to land of dwarfsDwarfs have human woman as midwifeDwarfs have mortal god-parent. (Cf. F420.5.3.3.)Dwarfs visit mortal's homeDwarfs associate with mortalsDwarfs and Christianity. (Cf. F420.5.3.4. and cross-references there given. Cf. also F451.9.1.6.)Business relations of dwarfs and mortalsDwarfs suffer abuses by mortalsDwarfs thwart efforts of mortals to get additional favorsDwarfs exact promise from mortalsDwarfs tease mortalsDwarfs give riddles and questions to mortalsDwarfs dislike human vicesDwarfs invisibly attend wedding or christening feasts of mortals. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.)
Carried in tale types

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