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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
F451.3.12.3. Dwarfs are wise. Reginn in Nornag 55 ch. 3 (Flb I 349, FAS I 321);
ViktorBl in ZDPh XXVI 12; Bosa introd. lxvi.
F451.3.12.4. Dwarfs cut »riinar«. Håv 143.
F451.4. Home of dwarfs. Ys ch. 1: in Sweden, cf. Saxo lib. III c. II 5 of Mimingus.
F451.4.1. Dwarfs live under the ground. Vsp 10; GHrolf 308 ch. 25; MC 265, 269.
F451.4.1.1. Dwarfs live in caves. Fiår I 74-81.
F451.4.1.9. Burial places (barrows, howes) as homes of dwarfs. Cf. E481.3.1; F455.1;
VI.6.1.1. GHrolf 276 ch. 15; ForstB 176 ch. 2; JarlmH 34 ch. 17; Fi6r I 74-81.
Cf. Feilberg: Bjærgtagen, 1910, 71.
F451.4.1.10. Snow melts above dwarf’s dwelling. Cf. D1563.1.5.
F451.4.1.11. Dwarfs live in hiils and mountains. Cf. F451.4.1.9; F451.4.2.1.
F451.4.1.12. Dwarfs live in stones. Cf. E481.3.2; F451.3.2.1.1. Alv 3; Vsp 48; Gylf
ch. 7 (14); Ys ch. 12; Bisk II 78 (?); HarS ch. 38; ÅnB 327 ch. 1; ForstVlk 446
ch. 22; (y.) Bosa 86, 109-11 ch. 6, 11; Kristni ch. 2 = ForvV in FMS I 261;
Sorla 275 (= FAS I 391 ch. 1); ForstB 179 ch. 3; Villif 29 ch. 14; Vilm 11 ch. 7;
FjJon 16, 31 (10, 20) ch. 6, 14; Ector ch. 7; Andr 19; SamsF ch. 11; KåraK 21,
61-62 ch. 9, 30-31. Cf. Fritzner I 274 »Dvergasteinn«.
F451.4.2. Dwarfs have homes above the ground.
F451.4.2.1. Dwarfs live in a clijf. ForstB 176-79 ch. 2; »huldumaOr« from Lukanus;
VilhSj 17 ch. 7: »Lukanus huldumaOr ok hofOingi i fjalli ]?vi, er Lukanusfjall
heitir«. Cf. Schlauch 172, MC 269.
F451.4.4. Home of dwarfs is endangered or destroyed.
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. Bisk 171-72.
F451.5. Dwarfs and human beings.
F451.5.1. Helpful dwarfs. Cf. D812.12; D817.1.1; P271.3. EgÅsm XVII 6 (FAS III
403); Kristni II 2-3 and ForvV in FMS I 261-64 (Fjfsl 483-87); KoOrån’s
»spåmaSr«; (y.) Bosa 86, 92-93, 109-14, 137-38 ch. 6-7, 11-12, 18; ForstVik
396-98, 457 ch. 5-6, 25: Sindri rescues from prison; GHrolf 315-16 ch. 28:
Mondull gives advice, etc.; SamsF ch. 10-13: dwarf hides abducted giri; FjJon
32 (21) ch. 13: Svamr brings ring back to its owner (cf. F451.5.2.2), helps budding
causeway, etc.; Amb 146-56 ch. 28-30 (27-29 in Reyk.-ed.): Tosti helps in war;
ViktorBl in Bosa intr. lxv and ZDPh XXVI 12: Dinus (or Dimus) helps in fight;
Gibbon ch. 3 ff, NitiSa ch. 4 ff: dwarfs show beautiful queen and help to gain
her; KåraK 21, 61, 71, 80 ch. 9, 30-31, 35, 39.
F451.5.1.3. Dwarfs make new golden hair for woman. Skåldsk ch. 44 (35), cf. Vries
212; Saussaye 239.
F451.5.1.4. Dwarfs’ gold. Cf. F451.3.2.1.2.
F451.5.1.5. Money or treasure given by dwarfs. Cf. F451.3.2.1.2.
F451.5.1.6. Other gifts from dwarfs. Cf. D812.12; D817.1.1. ÅnB 327 ch. 1: chair;
GHrolf 299-300 ch. 23: belt; EgÅsm XVII 6 = MC 267: sword; FjJon 16-18
(10-11) ch. 6: ship.
F451.5.1.7. Dwarfs serve mortals. Gibbon ch. 3 ff.
F451.5.1.10. Dwarfs heal (give medicine). Cf. F531.6.5.3. EgÅsm XI 8 (FAS HI 389);
ForstVik 396-98 ch. 5-6; GHrolf 308-09, 346 ch. 25, 33; Amb 156 ch. 30 (75
ch. 29); FjJ6n 31-33 (20-21) ch. 14.