Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb — Mythoi

Motif

Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F535.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 37 37.— THUMBLING.

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Types 327B, 700
general *BP I 361, 389
general Fb "tomling"
general Saintyves Contes de Perrault 245ff., 314ff.
general *Hdwb. d. Märch. s. v. "Daumling"

Within the index

Filed under Pygmy. Remarkably small man. Also called "dwarf". To be distinguished from the dwarfs who live in the woods and inhabit underground places (F451).

1 finer motif beneath it

Adventures of thumbling. See Type 700 for detailed adventures

Filed beside it

Pygmies descendants of Cain. (Cf. F531.6.1.9.) Pygmies of various sizes Dress of pygmies Characteristics of pygmies Deeds of pygmies Kingdom of pygmies

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The humor of small stature. (Cf. F535.1.)

Carried in tale types

Thumbling (previously Tom Thumb) · ATU 700 1 recorded variant

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