Dwarfs have ovens — Mythoi

Motif

Dwarfs have ovens.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F451.7.2

Filed across the traditions

German Schöppner I 186 No. 184.
general Boberg DF XLVI 16ff.

Within the index

Filed under Possessions of dwarfs.

Filed beside it

Dwarfs possess treasure (gold, jewels, etc.) 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Giant comes to bake too soon; spills dough. Giant who has common oven with another thinks he hears companion in next valley scraping the kneading trough. He bakes his dough but finds he is too early and that he has only heard himself scratching. He spills the dough: hence fruitful soil. (Cf. F451.7.2, F455.3.5.)

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