Dwarfs are ancestors of mortals — Mythoi

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Dwarfs are ancestors of mortals.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.3

Filed across the traditions

German Haas Greifswald 40 No. 43.

Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs and human beings.

1 finer motif beneath it

Crippled mortals are of dwarf ancestry

Filed beside it

Helpful dwarfs Malevolent dwarf 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.)

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