K22A. Dwarfs are being attacked.
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Birds or other creatures that are not dangerous to ordinary people attack dwarfs living in another world. See motif K22.
Western Europe. The French [in caves and in the depths of the earth live little men no more than a foot in height; they have long hair and beards, they walk in shaggy hats, red suits and silver shoes; they will live to the end of the world, after which they will die and will not be resurrected on the Day of Judgment; they are kind, but purple with anger when they see or hear geese; geese, if they envy little men, rush to pinch them; now little men do not dare to go to earth for fear of evil people and geese who offend them; once a year on Christmas Eve, from dusk to midnight, the earth will give birth to various fruits and cattle for dwarfs; at this time they they must collect everything and put it underground; then they must carry piles of gold coins to the ground for a short time; if this is not done, the gold will turn red and the dwarfs throw it away]: Carlin 1991:247- 248.
Western Asia. Arabic written tradition: Scobie 1975 [Musa Ud-Damiti (1344-1405) describes 931 animals mentioned in the Koran in Hayat ul-Hayawan; traveling to Zanj, a man of the people of Rumiyah), caught in a storm, found himself on an island where people lived 3 feet tall, mostly one-eyed; the local king ordered him to be put in a cage; one day he saw the inhabitants preparing for battle; he they said that storks were attacking them at that time; they pecked out the eyes of dwarfs, so there were many one-eyed ones; the man began to beat the birds with a truncheon, they flew away; for this, the dwarfs began to show him everything appreciation]: 124; Stang 1982 [Syrian source, probably 9th century AD, most likely based on the Arabic Niga Miracles; North beyond Gog and Magog, across the Ocean, there are little people living in holes on mountain cliffs. Cranes are constantly fighting them. There are also headless people with faces on their chest] :23.
(Wed. South Asia. Greppin 1976 [kirata (the Kiratas) are dwarfs, sometimes giants, not arias; Åšabdakalpadruma mentions Eater-of-Kurata, possibly Garuda; gad probably corresponds to ger, but the suffix -uda no longer known]: 237-240).
China - Korea. The ancient Chinese.
The Balkans. Ancient Greece.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Georgians.
Baltoscandia. Scandinavians; Finns; Western Sami.
Eastern Siberia. Evenks of China.
Amur-Sakhalin. Nanais.
NW Coast. Tsimshian; bellacula.
The coast is the Plateau. Comox (chatloltk); snohomish; skagit; niskally; yakima.
The Midwest. Fox.
Southeast USA. Natchez; alabama; chickasaw; chirokee.
The Great Southwest. Zunyi; lipan [seven warriors travel to remote places; come to dwarf villages and women's villages; both constantly fight geese coming from the north; warriors they easily beat geese, they stop their attacks]: Opler 1940, No. 4-6:46-47.
NW Mexico. Tarahumara.
The Northern Andes. Amber; nonama.
Bolivia - Guaporé. Takana.