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.

  • GermanPröhle Harz. Nos. 137 III, 168 I, II, 229, Eckart 22, 78, 80, Schöppner I 186 No. 184
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen III 241.
  • general Type 963*
Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs and human beings.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Ghost conceals herself with dwarfsDwarfs suspend large millstone on thin thread over head of mortal, to show what anguish dwarfs felt when mortal endangered their livesEnchanted princess lives with dwarfs
Filed beside it
Helpful dwarfsMalevolent dwarfDwarfs are ancestors of mortalsDwarfs 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.)

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