Mine spirits. Gnomes. (Cf. E336.) — Mythoi

Motif

Mine spirits. Gnomes. (Cf. E336.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Underground spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F456

Filed across the traditions

Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 279, 460.

Within the index

Filed under Underground spirits. (Cf. F200–F399, Fairies and Elves.)

4 finer motifs beneath it

Knockers (Tommy Knockers, spriggins) Mining spirit: "Bluecap." Mining spirit: "Cutty Soams" Miscellaneous mine spirit motifs

Filed beside it

Voetter (generalized underground spirit) Helpful underground spirit 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.] Trolls. Sometimes underground spirits, sometimes also thought of as mountain-spirits. In many tales trolls are ogres. (Cf. G100, G400–G599.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Non-malevolent mine ghosts. (Cf. E275.1, E334.5.1, F456.)

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