Cobolds furnish supplies to their masters — Mythoi

Motif

Cobolds furnish supplies to their masters.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · House-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F481.2

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 43 No. 54
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 125 No. 55
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3471.

Within the index

Filed under Cobold. A house-spirit.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Cobold furnishes inexhaustible grain to grinder of handmill. Latter kills him in disgust House-spirit furnishes inexhaustible supply of food

Filed beside it

Acquiring a cobold Cobold avenges uncivil answer (or treatment) Impossible to rid oneself of cobold. (Cf. F482.3.1.) Brewing in eggshell to drive away cobold. (Cf. F321.1.1.1, F451.5.17.1.)

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