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

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • English Hartland Science 179
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Greek Fox 256
  • Arabian Burton Nights V 252 n
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Werner 386 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI
  • N. Am. Indian (Cherokee) Alexander N. Am. 68
  • African *Werner African 258ff.
  • general *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt I 242 n. 6
  • general *Frazer Pausanias II 107
  • general *Chauvin VII 15 No. 373C n. 1
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Filed under Exceptionally large or small men.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Pygmies descendants of Cain. (Cf. F531.6.1.9.) Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb Pygmies of various sizes Dress of pygmies Characteristics of pygmies Deeds of pygmies Kingdom of pygmies
Filed beside it
Giant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.) Remarkably broad man Remarkably tall man. (Cf. F531.2.1.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Wood-spirit tiny. (Cf. F239.4.3, F535.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-gods Creation of the universe Wild man as king of animals Unusual animal as riding-horse Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Marriage to dog in human form Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc Spirits and demons (general) Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast

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