Mountain-men cannot enter house till light is quenched

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Mountain-men cannot enter house till light is quenched.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Mountain-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F460.2.3

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general Fb "lys" II 480b.

Within the index

Filed under Characteristics of mountain-men.

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Mountain-folk afraid of thunder Mountain-folk ride through air on horses 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 Mountain-man must die six times to be dead Huldra sing songs Mountain spirits eat raw food Mountain spirits change sex at will. (Cf. D10.)

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