Dwarfs possess treasure (gold, jewels, etc.)

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Dwarfs possess treasure (gold, jewels, etc.).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.7.1

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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.

IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 270
DanishKristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 172ff. (1928) 221ff.
GermanEckart 22, Schöppner I 164 No. 157, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 IV, Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 No. 40.

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Filed under Possessions of dwarfs.

Filed beside it

Dwarfs have ovens Dwarfs have little lanterns Dwarf king has silver miner's torch bright as the sun Dwarfs have little horses. (Cf. F451.6.2.3.)Dwarfs have cattle, steeds and wagons

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