Dwarfs have mortal god-parent. (Cf. F420.5.3.3.) — Mythoi

Motif

Dwarfs have mortal god-parent. (Cf. F420.5.3.3.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.6

Filed across the traditions

German Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 40, Eckart 78.

Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs and human beings.

Filed beside it

Helpful dwarfs Malevolent dwarf Dwarfs are ancestors of mortals Mortal goes to land of dwarfs Dwarfs have human woman as midwife 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.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Water-spirits call human godmother. (Cf. F451.5.6.)

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