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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| F451.7.4 | Dwarf king has silver miner's torch bright as the sun. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 137 II. |
| F451.6.12 | Dwarf king Hibich comes to surface every 500 years. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 137 II. |
| F451.4.2.5 | Dwarf king lives in a mill. German: Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 368. |
| F451.5.1.16 | Dwarf king prevents a father from shooting his son. Pröhle Harz. No. 137 III. |
| F451.5.1.5.1 | Dwarf king turns mill which produces gold. Krappe Revue Archéologique (1931) 142ff. |
| F451.2.7.7 | Dwarf king wears costly crown. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 II. |
| F451.5.18 | Dwarf loves mortal girl. (Cf. F420.6.1. and cross references F451.5.15.3.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 270, 272, Boberg; Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 322 No. 86; German: Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 No. 44. |
| F451.5.15.2 | Dwarf makes return of child dependent upon guessing of riddle. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 220 I. |
| F451.5.1.12 | Dwarf moves mortal's castle from one mountain to another. German: Kahlo Harz. 55 No. 92. |
| F451.6.3.3.1 | Dwarf musician (poet). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F451.3.2.1.2 | Dwarf otherwise caught and thus forced to procure what hero demands. Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 14, Þiðriks saga I 34—38, Boberg. |
| F451.3.2.1.1 | Dwarf prevented from getting into his stone before sunrise till he promises to do what hero demands (especially forge weapons). (Cf. D451.3.4.2, D451.4.1.12, F451.5.2.13.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F451.5.18.1 | Dwarf promises money and property to mortal father for hand of daughter. German: Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 41. |
| F451.5.15.1 | Dwarf promises mortal much money if he will guess his name. German: Haas Greifswald. 40 No. 44. |
| F451.3.2 | Dwarf rendered powerless. |
| F451.6.2.1 | Dwarf rides on a hare. Köhler-Bolte I 545. |
| F451.6.2.2 | Dwarf rides through air on wooden horse. Dickson 217. |
| F451.6.2 | Dwarf rides. |
| F451.5.9.5 | Dwarf seeks to enter church. *Fb "dværg" I 220. |
| F451.5.1.8 | Dwarf serves king sleeping in mountain (Kyffhäuser). Bechstein II 1, 6, 8, 9, Förstner Kyffhäuser 7, 9, 16f., 21f., Kahlo Harz. 51 No. 86, 71 No. 112. |
| F451.3.4.4 | Dwarf sews. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nain"; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F451.3.4.10 | Dwarf splits wood using penis as wedge. Africa (Fang): Tessman 136. |
| F451.5.19.1 | Dwarf stays away from house after maid tries to catch and kiss him. German: Hohaus 123. |
| F451.5.15.3 | Dwarf suitor desists when unwilling maiden guesses his name. (Cf. C432.1.) German: Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 41. |
| F451.5.2.12 | Dwarf takes back gifts he gave. German: Schöppner I 264 No. 271. |
| F451.3.3.2 | Dwarf turns gold into lead. German: Förstner Kyffhäusersagen 22. |
| F451.5.7.1 | Dwarf wants to warm self at fire. German: Sieber 61; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nain". |
| F451.5.1.13 | Dwarf washes, combs, and braids hair for sleeping maids. German: Hohaus 123. |
| F451.4.4.3.1 | Dwarf wishes death to mortal who throws water on his dunghill home. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 254. |
| F451.2.2.2 | Dwarf with bird feet. (Cf. F401.3.5. and cross-references.) *Gaster Germania XXV 290ff.; Tobler 60; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 271. |
| F451.2.1.2 | Dwarf with body like tailless hen. Tobler 59. |
| F451.2.1.3 | Dwarf with small body and large head. *Fb "dværg" I 220b; Zs. f. d. Phil. XXVI 12f. |
| F451.3.5.5 | Dwarf women bear children. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 74, (1928) 63. |
| F451.3.4.0.1 | Dwarf workmen heard at night. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 55 No. 61. |
| F610.2 | Dwarf-hero of superhuman strength. Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 24; Missouri-French: Carrière. |
| F451 | Dwarf.1 (Underground spirit.) The dwarf, especially in Northern Europe, is considered an underground spirit. He is to be distinguished from the other conception of dwarf, viz., a very small person, pigmy, or thumbling (F535). Types 480, 403B; *Roberts 123; **Lutjens Der Zwerg in der deutschen Heldendichtung des Mittelalters (Breslau, 1911); *Wehrhan 67; *Thien 42; *Gould Scandinavian Studies and Notes IX 190; *De Boor Der Zwerg in Skandinavien (Mogk Festschrift 536); *Ritchie Zwerge in Geschichte u. überlieferung (Globus LXXXII 101); *Tegethoff Schweiz. Archiv f. Vksk. XXIV 147; Jensen Zs. f. Vksk. II 407; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 1008—1120. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 264ff., 287; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892, new series 1928); Norwegian: Solheim Register 18; French: F. Wolgemuth Riesen u. Zwerge in der altfranzösischen erzählenden Dichtung (Tübingen, 1906); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 326; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 356 n. 287a. See also F200—F399 (Fairies and Elves), F420 (Water-spirits), and F460 (Mountain-spirits) for many common motifs. |
| F451.2.2.1 | Dwarf's feet twisted backward. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 322 No. 86. |
| F451.3.6.4 | Dwarfs accept as gift goose but not gander. German: Kapff 45. |
| F451.5.10.1 | Dwarfs accept remuneration. German: Karstens-Goslar 135, 155, Sieber 283, Eckart 67, Pröhle Harz. No. 229, Kapff 45. |
| F451.5.1.2 | Dwarfs adopt girl as sister. *Type 709; BP I 450ff.; *Böcklen Sneewittchenstudien 94ff. |
| F451.5.9 | Dwarfs and Christianity. (Cf. F420.5.3.4. and cross-references there given. Cf. also F451.9.1.6.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 271. |
| F451.5 | Dwarfs and human beings. |
| F451.10 | Dwarfs and other supernatural beings. |
| F451.2.0.4 | Dwarfs appear nodding and anxious to speak. German: Bindewald 84. |
| F451.5.3 | Dwarfs are ancestors of mortals. German: Haas Greifswald 40 No. 43. |
| F451.3.16 | Dwarfs are artful. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 268—69. |
| F451.5.19 | Dwarfs are bashful or timid. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 44ff., (1928) 41ff. |
| F451.3.10 | Dwarfs are droll. German: Winckler 34 No. 24. |
| F451.2.0.2 | Dwarfs are grown over with moss. German: Pröhle 113 No. 298. |
| F451.3.13 | Dwarfs are ill-mannered. |
| F451.3.12 | Dwarfs are intelligent. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F451.3.14 | Dwarfs are numerous. |
| F451.2.0.6 | Dwarfs are pale. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F451.3.7 | Dwarfs are particular as to food. |
| F451.4.5.1 | Dwarfs are ruled by a king. Irish myth: *Cross; German: Eckart 7, 20, 22, Ey 29, Kahlo Harz. 30 No. 51, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 II MacCulloch Eddic 266, 271, 272. |
| F451.3.12.2 | Dwarfs are sensible. German: Pröhle Unterharz. 113 No. 298. |
| F451.3.6 | Dwarfs are sensitive. |
| F451.2.1.1 | Dwarfs are small. (Cf. F239.4.3, F441.5.1.) German: Eckart 20, Bindewald 56, 83f, 87, 188, Findeisen 3 No. 5, 39 No. 43, Pröhle Unterharzische 113 No. 298. |
| F451.3.8 | Dwarfs are strong. |
| F451.3.5 | Dwarfs are subject to laws of nature. |
| F451.3.15.1 | Dwarfs are superstitious about the three sevens in 1777. (Cf. F451.9.1.3.) German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 60. |
| F451.3.15 | Dwarfs are superstitious. |
| F451.6.2.3 | Dwarfs are taken for hussars because they ride little horses. (Cf. F451.7.5.) German: Pröhle Unterharz. 112 No. 294. |
| F451.2.0.1 | Dwarfs are ugly. German: Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 41. |
| F451.3.9 | Dwarfs are weak. |
| F451.3.12.3 | Dwarfs are wise. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 92, 265, *Boberg. |
| F451.3.4.1 | Dwarfs as artificers. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 123, 265ff., *Boberg. |
| F451.3.4.2 | Dwarfs as smiths. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 23ff., (1928) 26ff.; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 66, 266ff., *Boberg; German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54, Karstens-Goslar 135. |
| F451.3.4 | Dwarfs as workmen. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 54 Nos. 52, 53. |
| F451.5.8 | Dwarfs associate with mortals. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 40ff., 266ff., (1928) 37ff., 179ff.; German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184, Kapff 45; Pröhle Harz. No. 187; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 480, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 167. |
| F451.5.2.11 | Dwarfs attack soldier. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 137, Findeisen 39 No. 43. |
| F451.6.8 | Dwarfs become angry. German: Haas Greifswald 38 No. 41. |
| F451.3.5.2 | Dwarfs become ill. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 189, Sieber 60. |
| F451.6.11 | Dwarfs betray. German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.3.3.5 | Dwarfs bewitch cows to give no milk. German: Karstens-Goslar 103. |
| F451.3.3.5.1 | Dwarfs bewitch people. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 300, *Boberg. |
| F451.5.10.3 | Dwarfs borrow from mortals. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 116ff., (1928) 90ff., Boberg DF XLVI 38ff.; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 56 No. 68; German: Eckart 78, Schöppner I 186 No. 184, Findeisen 39 No. 43. |
| F451.3.4.1.1 | Dwarfs build tower. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 54 No. 51. |
| F451.5.10.5 | Dwarfs buy peas from mortals and pay more than they are worth. German: Eckart 79, Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.1.3 | Dwarfs came after giants had almost died out. German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54. |
| F451.1.4 | Dwarfs came into the land 1000 years before mortals came. German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54. |
| F451.3.2.3 | Dwarfs cannot harm mortal with circle drawn around him. German: Eckart 69. |
| F451.3.4.8 | Dwarfs carry water. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 47ff., (1928) 42ff. |
| F451.6.3.2 | Dwarfs celebrate weddings and christenings of their own. (Cf. F451.6.5.) Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 62ff., (1928) 54ff.; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 45 Nos. 375—376; German: Pröhle Harz. No. 229, Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 40. |
| F451.3.13.2.1 | Dwarfs chatter like geese. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 229, Sieber 62. |
| F451.3.13.2 | Dwarfs chatter. German: Karstens-Goslar 122. |
| F451.3.4.7 | Dwarfs churn. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 460. |
| F451.2.7.10 | Dwarfs clad in motley. German: Grimm No. 163. |
| F451.2.7.4 | Dwarfs clad in white. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 266; German: Kahlo Harzes 69 No. 109. |
| F451.3.14.1 | Dwarfs come into the land by the hundreds. German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54. |
| F451.5.2.13 | Dwarfs curse weapons and treasures which they are forced to give (or which the receiver does not appreciate). Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 268, *Boberg. |
| F451.3.12.4 | Dwarfs cut runes. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F451.5.2.14 | Dwarfs demand gifts. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 56 No. 69. |
| F451.3.5.1 | Dwarfs die. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 130; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 75ff., 94ff., (1928) 62ff., 76ff.; German: Pröhle Unterharz. 112 No. 292, Sieber 61. |
| F451.6.9 | Dwarfs dig for treasures. German: Findeisen 3 No. 5. |
| F451.5.1.9 | Dwarfs direct mortals to treasure. Kahlo Harz. 54 No. 91, 67 No. 107, 69 No. 109, Karstens-Goslar 122. |
| F451.3.7.2 | Dwarfs dislike bread baked without salt. German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.3.7.1 | Dwarfs dislike caraway seed in food. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 229, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 367, Sieber 61f. |
| F451.5.9.3 | Dwarfs dislike church bells. German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54, Karstens-Goslar 103, 155. |
| F451.5.16 | Dwarfs dislike human vices. German: Sieber 61, Schöppner I 186 No. 184, Pröhle Harz. No. 269, Pröhle Unterharz. 113 No. 298, Karstens-Goslar 135, Förstner Kyffhäuser 22, Winckler 43 No. 36. |
| F451.5.9.2 | Dwarfs dislike singing of hymns. German: Karstens-Goslar 155. |
| F451.3.6.2 | Dwarfs dislike teasing. (Cf. F451.9.1.7.) German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.3.6.3 | Dwarfs dislike tobacco smoke. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 IV. |
| F451.3.4.3 | Dwarfs do farming. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 270; German: Haas Greifswald. 46 No. 54. |
| F451.9.1.6 | Dwarfs emigrate because Christianity offends them. (Cf. F451.5.9.) German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F451.9.1.2 | Dwarfs emigrate because mortals are false. German: Pröhle Unterharz. 113 No. 298. |
| F451.9.1.10 | Dwarfs emigrate because mortals curse. German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.9.1.11 | Dwarfs emigrate because mortals desecrate holy day. German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.9.1.8 | Dwarfs emigrate because mortals object to their stealing. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 269. |
| F451.9.1.1 | Dwarfs emigrate because mortals put caraway seeds into bread. German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.9.1.7 | Dwarfs emigrate because mortals tease them. (Cf. F451.3.6.2.) German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.9.1.4 | Dwarfs emigrate because of industrial development. German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.9.1.12 | Dwarfs emigrate because of mortals' ingratitude. German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.9.1.9 | Dwarfs emigrate because they dislike peasants' dancing and loud music. German: Karstens-Goslar 103. |
| F451.9.3 | Dwarfs emigrate New Year's Eve of 1800 to return New Year's Eve of 1900. German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.9.2.2 | Dwarfs emigrate to the Orient. German: Kapff 44. |
| F451.9.2.1 | Dwarfs emigrate to unknown place. German: Karstens-Goslar 155. |
| F451.9.6 | Dwarfs emigrate unseen but heard. (Cf. F455.5.1.) Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 59 No. 104; German: Sieber 62. |
| F451.9.1.15 | Dwarfs emigrate when their king dies. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 59 No. 102. |
| F451.9 | Dwarfs emigrate. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 417ff., (1928) 256ff.; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 59 Nos. 103—105. |
| F451.5.13 | Dwarfs exact promise from mortals. German: Karstens-Goslar 41, Eckart 22. |
| F451.5.2.3 | Dwarfs exchange children in cradle. Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 272; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 294ff., (1928) 186ff.; German: Haas Greifswald 36 No. 39, 40 No. 43, Sieber 60, Pröhle Harz. Nos. 189, 220 I, 207, 269, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 368. |
| F451.3.6.5.2 | Dwarfs fear dogs. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 256. |
| F451.5.9.1 | Dwarfs fear the cross. German: Karstens-Goslar 155, Findeisen 3 No. 5. |
| F451.3.6.5.1 | Dwarfs fear the dark. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 256. |
| F451.6.3.1 | Dwarfs feast mortals in their home. German: Eckart 22, Ey 29, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 III, No. 168 I, Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 40. |
| F451.6.4 | Dwarfs fight with each other. German: Ey 29, Pröhle Unterharz. 112 No. 294. |
| F451.6.14 | Dwarfs flee to caves for protection. German: Karstens-Goslar 102. |
| F451.3.3.6 | Dwarfs fly through air. German: Pröhle Unterharzische 171 No. 453. |
| F451.9.1.14 | Dwarfs forced to flee by deity. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 328. |
| F451.3.3.4 | Dwarfs free mortals from enchantment. German: Bindewald 56, 142, Findeisen 39 No. 43. |
| F451.5.2.10 | Dwarfs frighten mortals. German: Eckart 7, Bindewald 84, Kapff 44. |
| F451.5.20 | Dwarfs give orders to mortals. German: Pröhle Unterharz 113 No. 298, Findeisen 39 No. 43. |
| F451.5.15 | Dwarfs give riddles and questions to mortals. |
| F451.3.7.3 | Dwarfs given inedible food to eat. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 55ff. No. 66. |
| F451.3.5.4 | Dwarfs have blood. German: Pröhle Unterharz. 112 No. 294. |
| F451.7.6 | Dwarfs have cattle, steeds and wagons. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 31ff., (1928) 32ff.; German: Karstens-Goslar 122. |
| F451.2.4.1 | Dwarfs have coarse hair. German: Eckart 20, Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 II. |
| F451.6.3 | Dwarfs have festivities. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F451.2.3.2 | Dwarfs have gray beards. German: Eckart 22, Kahlo Harzes 55 No. 92, Bindewald 56. |
| F451.4.2 | Dwarfs have homes above the ground. |
| F451.5.5 | Dwarfs have human woman as midwife. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 330ff., (1928) 210ff.; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 272; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 2, 326 No. 2; German: Kahlo Harz. 54 No. 91. |
| F451.7.5 | Dwarfs have little horses. (Cf. F451.6.2.3.) Irish myth: *Cross; German: Pröhle Unterharz. 112 No. 294. |
| F451.7.3 | Dwarfs have little lanterns. German: Winckler 56 No. 57. |
| F451.2.3.1.1 | Dwarfs have long beards in three strands. Tegethoff Schweiz. Archiv f. Vksk. XXIV 148. |
| F451.5.6 | Dwarfs have mortal god-parent. (Cf. F420.5.3.3.) German: Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 40, Eckart 78. |
| F451.6.3.3 | Dwarfs have music. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 270—71; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 189ff., (1928) 133ff.; German: Eckart 22, Sieber 62, Pröhle Harz. No. 229, Pröhle Unterharz. 171 No. 453. |
| F451.2.5.1 | Dwarfs have old face. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30 No. 263; German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 II. |
| F451.7.2 | Dwarfs have ovens. Boberg DF XLVI 16ff.; German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.2.4.2 | Dwarfs have silvery white hair. German: Bindewald 56. |
| F451.5.1.10 | Dwarfs heal (give medicine). Icelandic: *Boberg; German: Kahlo Harz. 26 No. 47, Kapff 44, Sieber 283, Eckhart 20. |
| F451.5.1.19 | Dwarfs help human beings with spinning. Type 500; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 271. |
| F451.5.1.20 | Dwarfs help in performing task. German: Grimm Nos. 13, 55, 64, 91. |
| F451.6.3.6 | Dwarfs hold church services. German: Schöppner I 165 No. 158. |
| F451.10.3 | Dwarfs in love with other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.7.2.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 95, 123, 270 (Freyja); *Boberg. |
| F167.2 | Dwarfs in otherworld. (Cf. F451.) Siuts 153ff.; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F451.5.2.5 | Dwarfs interfere with mortal's work (destroy buildings, crops, etc.) (Cf. F420.5.2.5.) *Fb "dværg" I 220; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 437—38; German: Karstens-Goslar 103, Pröhle Unterharz. 113 No. 297. |
| F451.5.17 | Dwarfs invisibly attend wedding or christening feasts of mortals. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 135ff., (1928) 96ff.; German: Pröhle Harz. No. 229, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 368. |
| F451.5.2.4 | Dwarfs kidnap mortals. (Cf. F420.5.2.2. and cross-references there given.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 269f., 272, *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 228ff., (1928) 162ff.; German: Eckart 80, Pröhle Harz. No. 229; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 278, 446. |
| F451.10.2.1 | Dwarfs kill giantess by dropping millstone on her head. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 53. |
| F451.3.12.1 | Dwarfs know herbs. German: Kahlo Harz. 26 No. 47, Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 II, Kapff 44, 45. |
| F451.6.6 | Dwarfs laugh. German: Karstens-Goslar 122. |
| F451.5.1.11 | Dwarfs lend to mortals. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn (1892) 19ff., (1928) 91ff.; German: Pröhle Harz Nos. 189, 269, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 367. |
| F451.4.2.4 | Dwarfs live in a church. German: Pröhle Unterharz. 112 No. 294. |
| F451.4.2.1 | Dwarfs live in a cliff. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 269, *Boberg; German: Eckart 20, 22; Pröhle Harz. No. 269. |
| F451.4.2.3 | Dwarfs live in a forest. German: Pröhle Unterharz. 171 No. 453, Kapff 44. |
| F451.4.1.1 | Dwarfs live in caves. German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184, Eckart 7, 27, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 367, Boberg. |
| F451.4.1.11 | Dwarfs live in hills and mountains. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 267—70. |
| F451.4.1.3 | Dwarfs live in luxurious underground palace. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 III. |
| F451.4.2.2 | Dwarfs live in ravines. German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54. |
| F451.4.1.12 | Dwarfs live in stones. (Cf. F451.3.2.1.1.) *Fb "sten" III 552b; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 265, 268—70, *Boberg; Danish: Schmidt DF XXXIX 27, 108ff. |
| F451.4.1.8 | Dwarfs live in the high banks of the seashore. German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54. |
| F451.4.1.2 | Dwarfs live in underground castle. German: Kapff 44. |
| F451.4.1.4 | Dwarfs live in underground passage. German: Schöppner I 264 No. 271. |
| F451.4.1 | Dwarfs live under the ground. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 308, MacCulloch Eddic 265, 269; German: Haas Grimmen 46 No. 54; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F451.3.3.8 | Dwarfs made invisible by magic caps. (Cf. F451.5.1.7., F455.5.3.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 269; German: Eckart 7, 27, 79, Pröhle Harzsagen Nos. 220, 220 I, 229, Sieber 62, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 368. |
| F451.5.1.3 | Dwarfs make new golden hair for woman. Norse: De la Saussaye 239 (Sif, Thor's wife). |
| F451.5.10.8 | Dwarfs make promises with mental reservations. German: Eckart 7. |
| F451.10.4 | Dwarfs make weapons and other precious objects for the gods. (Cf. F451.3.4.2.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 266. |
| F451.3.2.2 | Dwarfs must return to spirit world by 1 a.m. German: Eckart 69, Winckler 56 No. 57. |
| F451.5.10.2 | Dwarfs object to rewards. (Cf. F451.5.10.9.) German: Schöppner I 354 No. 351, Pröhle Unterharz. 150 No. 379. |
| F451.1.1 | Dwarfs originate from maggots in flesh of giant. Norse: De la Saussaye 318. |
| F451.1.1.1 | Dwarfs originate from the blood and bones of giant. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 264. |
| F451.5.10.6 | Dwarfs pay for being ferried across water. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 417ff., (1928) 256ff.; German: Karstens-Goslar 155. |
| F451.6.3.5 | Dwarfs play in the moonlight. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 36ff., (1928) 33ff.; German: Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 41. |
| F451.5.2.7 | Dwarfs play pranks. Gaster Oldest Stories 156; German: Bindewald 87, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 II, Kahlo Harz. 30 No. 51, Karstens-Goslar 102, 103. |
| F451.7.1 | Dwarfs possess treasure (gold, jewels, etc.). Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 270; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 172ff. (1928) 221ff.; German: Eckart 22, Schöppner I 164 No. 157, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 IV, Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 No. 40. |
| F451.3.3.7 | Dwarfs predict. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 155, Bindewald 188. |
| F451.9.1.5 | Dwarfs promise to emigrate if captured dwarfs are released. German: Sieber 62. |
| F451.5.1.17 | Dwarfs protect the forest. Pröhle Harz. No. 137 II. |
| F451.5.2.6 | Dwarfs punish. Icelandic: Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn (1892) 156ff., (1928) 171ff.; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 55 No. 65; German: Sieber 61f., 283, Winckler 43 No. 36, Karstens-Goslar 41, Kahlo Harz. 30 No. 51, Förstner Kyffhäuser 22, Kapff 45; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 84. |
| F451.2.7.3 | Dwarfs referred to as "gray", not specifying whether as to dress or hair. (Cf. F236.1.4, F420.1.6.6.2.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 271; German: Schöppner I 169 No. 163, I 354 No. 351, Bindewald 83, 84, 188. |
| F451.5.9.4 | Dwarfs regard Day of St. John the Divine. German: Schöppner I 164 No. 157, 165 No. 158. |
| F451.4.4.3 | Dwarfs request that cow stable be moved because it is above their home and the seepage strikes their dining table. (Cf. F381.7, F451.4.1.5.) Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 325ff., (1928) 207ff.; German: Findeisen 3 No. 5; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F451.4.4.1 | Dwarfs resentful that mortals shoot at birds above Hibichenstein, because this crumbles away the cliff. German: Eckart 22, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 III. |
| F451.5.10.4 | Dwarfs return what they borrow. Boberg DF XLVI 38ff.; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 116ff., (1928) 90ff.; German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184; Eckart 78. |
| F451.5.2.9 | Dwarfs scold mortals. German: Beckstein 6, Winckler 34 No. 24. |
| F451.5.23 | Dwarfs seek human help in their fights and troubles. Icelandic: Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII xxxviii—xli; German: MacCulloch Eddic 272. |
| F451.4.2.6 | Dwarfs seen on a mountain. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 47 No. 393. |
| F451.5.1.7 | Dwarfs serve mortals. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; German: MacCulloch Eddic 270, Haas Greifswald 36 No. 39, Schöppner I 264 No. 271, I 354 Nos. 35, 35@1, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 II, No. 229, Sieber 60, 283, Kapff 45. |
| F451.3.4.6 | Dwarfs spin. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 270, 271; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 53ff., (1928) 46ff. |
| F451.5.2.2.2 | Dwarfs steal food and drink. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 56 No. 70. |
| F451.5.2.2 | Dwarfs steal from human beings. Fb "kage" II 72a; Gaster Oldest Stories 156.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 129ff., (1928) 93ff., II (1893) 34ff., (1928) 23ff.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 1, 326 No. 23; German: Pröhle Harz. No. 220 I, No. 269, Pröhle Unterharz. 112 No. 291, Sieber 61f., Eckart 7, 27, 79, Karstens-Goslar 102. |
| F451.5.2.2.1 | Dwarfs steal magic objects. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F451.5.11 | Dwarfs suffer abuses by mortals. German: Schöppner I 264 No. 271, Pröhle Harz. No. 269, Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 40, Eckart 69, Sieber 61, Ey 29. |
| F451.5.4.2 | Dwarfs suspend large millstone on thin thread over head of mortal, to show what anguish dwarfs felt when mortal endangered their lives. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 337ff.; Lithuanian: Indogermanische Forschungen XXXV 124 No. 18; German: Haas Greifswald. 38 No. 40. |
| F451.5.1.18 | Dwarfs teach mortals. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 267, *Boberg. |
| F451.5.14 | Dwarfs tease mortals. German: Kapff 44, Pröhle Unterharz. 145 No. 368. |
| F451.5.2.8 | Dwarfs threaten mortals. German: Eckart 69, Pröhle Harz. No. 229. |
| F451.5.12 | Dwarfs thwart efforts of mortals to get additional favors. German: Eckart 7. |
| F451.3.6.5 | Dwarfs timorous. |
| F451.3.3.3 | Dwarfs transform people (animals). German: Ey 9, Kahlo Harzes 30 No. 51. |
| F451.6.2.4 | Dwarfs try to kill serpent. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F451.3.3.1 | Dwarfs turn peas into gold pieces. German: Karstens-Goslar 102. |
| F451.3.2.1 | Dwarfs turn to stone at sunrise. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 433a nn. 86—91; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 10, 197, 269, 270. |
| F451.4.1.6 | Dwarfs undermine lowlands for homes. German: Haas Greifswald 39 No. 42. |
| F451.5.7 | Dwarfs visit mortal's home. German: Karsten-Goslar 122, Sieber 61, Pröhle Harz. Nos. 137 IV, 229, Bindewald 87. |
| F451.2.0.3 | Dwarfs walk stooped. German: Findeisen 39 No. 43. |
| F451.5.1.15 | Dwarfs warm heath by underground fire. Karstens-Goslar 103. |
| F451.2.7.6 | Dwarfs wear peculiar caps. (Cf. F451.2.7.1.) German: Kapff 45. |
| F451.2.7.5 | Dwarfs wear red coats. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 272, *Boberg; German: Kapff 45, Schöppner I 354 No. 351. |
| F451.6.5 | Dwarfs wed. (Cf. F451.6.3.2.) Irish myth: *Cross (F451.3.17); German: Karstens-Goslar 122, Kahlo Harz. 30 No. 51. |
| F451.6.7 | Dwarfs weep. German: Förstner Kyffhäuser 17. |
| F451.2.2.3 | Dwarfs with goat feet. (Cf. B24, F442.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 271. |
| F451.2.7.1 | Dwarfs with red heads and red caps. (Cf. F236.3.2, F460.1.4.2.) Fb "rød" III 116b, "rød dreng" III 117b; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30 No. 263. |
| F451.4.3.6 | Dwarfs' castle of gold. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 319, 265. |
| F451.5.1.6.1 | Dwarfs' gifts cease when mortal betrays the source. (Cf. C420, F348.5.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 463. |
| F451.5.1.4 | Dwarfs' gold. Seemingly worthless gift given by dwarfs turns to gold. *Type 503; Feilberg DF V 50, 75, 99; Grimm Deutsche Myth. I 228f., 400.—Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 344ff., (1928) 221ff.; German: Eckart 7, 20, 27, 78, Schöppner I 169 No. 163, I 180 No. 175, Bechstein 6, Winckler 34 No. 24, Sieber 63, Kahlo Harz. 26 No. 47, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 II; Russian: Ralston Songs of the Russian People 159; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 303 No. 23, 308 Nos. 2, 4, 326 No. 2; French: Sébillot France I 259; Indonesian: Voorhoeve 116 No. 93. |
| F451.4.3.9 | Dwarfs' house covered with skin of fabulous six-legged animal. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 247. |
| F451.4.3.8 | Dwarfs' house of reeds. German: Grimm Nos. 55, 163, 169. |
| F451.4.3.1.1 | Dwarfs' rock closed by rock-door. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 269. |
| F402.6 | Dwelling of demons. |
| F220 | Dwelling of fairies. |
| F132.2 | Dwelling of Fortune on lofty mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 609ff., Fortuna 132ff.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.6.17.3 | Eagle carries giant to its nest. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aigle". |
| F982.1 | Eagles carry castle in air. De Vries FFC LXXIII 388; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12. |
| F1041.16.11 | Earl throws jar of water after undesired messenger. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F942.3 | Earth opens at man's command. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F942.3.1 | Earth opens at woman's bidding to enclose her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F969.2 | Earth rises. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F494.3 | Earth spirit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F944.4 | Earth splits and plain sinks to become bottom of lake when tabu is broken. Africa (Congo): Johnson Grenfell 817. |
| F948.1.1 | Earth swallows up Temple vessels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F132.1.1 | Earthly paradise in air over mountain. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 76. |
| F132.1 | Earthly paradise on mountain. (Cf. F111.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 618 n. 57. |
| F960.9 | Earthquake announces victorious return of hero after long absence. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.3.8.5 | Earthquake as giant falls down. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 384, Boberg. |
| F960.2.5 | Earthquake at death of important person. |
| F960.2.5.3 | Earthquake at dragon's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.5.2 | Earthquake at witch's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
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