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Motif

The stupid house spirit.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · House-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F488

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Filed under House-spirits.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Household spirit herds sheep, has great trouble coralling the lambs (rabbits). (Cf. J1757.) Mowing contest with household spirit. Farmer puts harrow teeth in plot spirit is to mow. Spirit mows through them, thinking they are dock weeds
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 Cobold. A house-spirit Brownie (nisse) Ship-spirit. (Klabautermann, Kabonterken.) Similar to house-spirit

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