Mortal goes to land of dwarfs — Mythoi

Motif

Mortal goes to land of dwarfs.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.4

Filed across the traditions

German Pröhle 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 dwarfs Dwarfs suspend large millstone on thin thread over head of mortal, to show what anguish dwarfs felt when mortal endangered their lives Enchanted princess lives with dwarfs

Filed beside it

Helpful dwarfs Malevolent dwarf Dwarfs are ancestors of mortals 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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