Giants by night move buildings built by men in day

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Giants by night move buildings built by men in day.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.6.6.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

DanishKristensen Danske Sagn III (1892) 174ff., (1931) 127ff. (churches)
Finnish-SwedishLandtman Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII (Helsingfors 1919) 553.
general Broderius § 3. – Norwegian: Norsk Folkminnelag II 28
general Fb "kirke" II 124a

Within the index

Filed under Giants as builders of great structures.

Filed beside it

Giant builds hill for his home Giant digs trench for course of Severn River Giant makes cleft in rock when he misses another giant with spade blow Giant and his wife build Roman road in a trice. Giant paves; wife brings stones

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