Characteristics of mountain-men — Mythoi

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Characteristics of mountain-men.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Mountain-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F460.2

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Filed under Mountain-spirits. (Huldra.)

14 finer motifs beneath 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 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.)

Filed beside it

Mountain spirits as souls of dead Appearance of mountain men Amusements of mountain-folk Relation of mountain-men and human beings Rübezahl. A mountain and storm spirit

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