Dwarfs associate with mortals — Mythoi

Motif

Dwarfs associate with mortals.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.5.8

Filed across the traditions

Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 40ff., 266ff., (1928) 37ff., 179ff.
German Schöppner I 186 No. 184, Kapff 45
Eskimo (Bering Strait) Nelson RBAE XVIII 480, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 167.
general Pröhle Harz. No. 187

Within the index

Filed under Dwarfs and human beings.

1 finer motif beneath it

Dwarf follows countess around like a little dog

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 have mortal god-parent. (Cf. F420.5.3.3.) Dwarfs visit mortal's home 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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