μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cobold. A house-spirit.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Estonian L. v. Schroeder Germanische Elben und Götter beim Estenvolke (Wien 1906), Loorits Grundzüge I 266–281, 295–304.
  • general **Feilberg Der Kobold in nordischer Überlieferung (Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 1, 130, 264)
  • general *Kittredge Witchcraft 215f., 523f. nn. 23, 25. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 41ff., (1928) 29ff.
Within the index

Filed under House-spirits.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Acquiring a cobold Cobold avenges uncivil answer (or treatment) Cobolds furnish supplies to their masters 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.)
Filed beside it
House-spirit in form of a sow Serpent as house-spirit Thieving household-spirit. Steals things for its master House-spirit in form of baby House-spirit without bones or hair Brownie (nisse) Ship-spirit. (Klabautermann, Kabonterken.) Similar to house-spirit The stupid house spirit

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