μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mountain-man must die six times to be dead.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Mountain-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F460.2.12

Filed across the traditions
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen II 273.
Within the index

Filed under Characteristics of mountain-men.

Filed beside it
Mountain-folk afraid of thunder Mountain-folk ride through air on horses Mountain-men cannot enter house till light is quenched Mountain-man has stack of butter before his door Huldra have lake Huldra live like people. Have own churches, king, soldiers, etc Huldra have drum Huldra have cattle. (Cf. F241.2.) Huldra have drinking-horn Huldra tend herds in mountains Huldra sing songs Mountain spirits eat raw food Mountain spirits change sex at will. (Cf. D10.)

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