Dwarf. (Underground spirit.) The dwarf, especially in Northern Europe, is considered an underground spirit. He is to be distinguished from the other conception of dwarf, viz., a very small person, pigmy, or thumbling (F535). [Note: For help in the preparation of this item I am indebted to Mr. Alfred Thomas of Chicago. For full titles of references see F420.]

Motif

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

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 264ff., 287
Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892, new series 1928)
Norwegian Solheim Register 18
French F. Wolgemuth Riesen u. Zwerge in der altfranzösischen erzählenden Dichtung (Tübingen, 1906)
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 326
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 356 n. 287a. See also F200–F399 (Fairies and Elves), F420 (Water-spirits), and F460 (Mountain-spirits) for many common motifs.
general Types 480, 403B
general *Roberts 123
general **Lutjens Der Zwerg in der deutschen Heldendichtung des Mittelalters (Breslau, 1911)
general *Wehrhan 67
general *Thien 42
general *Gould Scandinavian Studies and Notes IX 190
general *De Boor Der Zwerg in Skandinavien (Mogk Festschrift 536)
general *Ritchie Zwerge in Geschichte u. Überlieferung (Globus LXXXII 101)
general *Tegethoff Schweiz. Archiv f. Vksk. XXIV 147
general Jensen Zs. f. Vksk. II 407
general *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 1008–1120. Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

11 finer motifs beneath it

Filed beside it

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)