Giants large or small at will

Motif

Giants large or small at will.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.6.5.2

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

IcelandicSaxo ed. Elton 26, MacCulloch Eddic 277, *Boberg
GermanHenne-Am Rhyn Nos. 441, 562, 225, 365, 444.
general Broderius § 17

Within the index

Filed under Giants as magicians.

Filed beside it

Giants can make selves invisible. (Cf. F531.6.12.1.1.)Giant has wound-healing balm Giants as controllers of the elements

Travels with

Giant inflates self and floats through air. (Cf. F531.6.5.2.)

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