Trolls bake — Mythoi

Motif

Trolls bake.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F455.3.5

Cited in the index

general Hartmann 71, *Boberg DF XLVI.

Within the index

Filed under Characteristic activities of trolls.

Filed beside it

Trolls skillful as smiths Trolls dance Trolls ride Trolls spin and weave fine cloth Trolls go about at night

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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