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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
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 |
|---|---|
| F169.1.1 | Pillars of bronze in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F169.1.2 | Pillars of gold in otherworld. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 71. |
| F169.1.3 | Four-sided silver column on otherworld island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F169.2 | Walls of crystal in otherworld. (Cf. F163.3.1.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30, Other World 386 s.v. "wall"; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F169.3 | Ship of glass in otherworld. Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30. |
| F169.4 | Silver fishnet in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F169.5 | Fence of metal or crystal in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F169.6 | Gold chain as support in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F169.7 | Coldness of otherworld. |
| F169.7.1 | Fire in otherworld makes one feel colder. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 42, 45. |
| F169.8 | Abundance in otherworld. Greek: Grote I 62; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 46. |
| F169.9 | Pleasant fragrance in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F170 | Otherworld—miscellaneous motifs. |
| F171 | Extraordinary sights in otherworld. *Types 470, 471; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 489f; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F171.0.1 | Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explained. Type 471; *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Literaturgeschichte VIII 123; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 173 (to Gonzenbach No. 88); Bolte ibid. XVI 460.—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 54, 57, Beal XXI 321f.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *472; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F171.1 | Fat and lean kine in otherworld. *Types 470, 471; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 52, Beal XXI 319. |
| F171.2 | Broad and narrow road in otherworld. *Type 470; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 63, Beal XXI 324. |
| F171.3 | People and things that strike one another in otherworld. Type 470. |
| F171.4 | Fighting animals seen in otherworld. Rams and she-goats or wild boars. *Type 471; *Brown Iwain 71ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "boucs". |
| F171.5 | Animals in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beings. Type 471. |
| F171.6 | Mysterious punishments in otherworld. *BP III 302; Ovid Metamorphoses IV lines 457—463. |
| F171.6.1 | Man in otherworld loaded down with wood. Then more and more put on him. *Type 801; *BP III 302; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 55, Beal XXI 321. |
| F171.6.2 | People in otherworld pour water into tub full of holes. *Type 801; BP III 297ff., 303. |
| F171.6.3 | Trying to get a beam through a door crosswise in otherworld. *Type 801; BP III 303. |
| F171.6.4 | People in otherworld with horses both before and behind wagon. They pull against each other. *Type 801; BP III 303. |
| F171.6.5 | Man in otherworld kindles fire. It burns out repeatedly while he is gathering more wood. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F171.6.6 | People in otherworld thatch house with birds' wings. Thatch blows away while they go for more. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F171.7 | Unseen hands lave feet in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F171.8 | Demon eats sand; gambler lives wretched life in otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F172 | No time, no birth, no death in otherworld. Hartland Science 194.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F172.1 | No gloom, no envy, etc. in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F173 | Otherworld land of happiness. (Cf. F165.6, F167.9, F169.8.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F173.1 | Otherworld land of pleasure. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F173.2 | Otherworld land of peace. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F173.3 | Perpetual feasts in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F174 | Hero carried off to otherworld by his supernatural wives. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F174.1 | Hero forces otherworld person's wife to tell him way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross (F174.2.). |
| F175 | Magic music lures to otherworld journey. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F176 | Hero fights in otherworld and overcomes king (queen), or fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F176.1 | Hero fights giants who ruin fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F177 | "Heavenly Academy" in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F177.1 | Court in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F178 | Colors of the otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F178.1 | Red as otherworld color. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F178.2 | Green as otherworld color. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F181 | Lovemaking in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F182 | Mortals held by magic in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F183 | Foods in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F183.1 | Automatic service in otherworld: any sort of food desired furnished. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F184 | Otherworld king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F184.1 | Wounded otherworld king in Ireland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F185 | Otherworld queen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F199 | Additional otherworld motifs. |
| F200 | Fairies (elves). See also F420 (Water Spirits), F451 (Dwarfs) and F460 (Mountain Spirits) for many common motifs. **Hartland Science; Brueyre RTP II 74ff.; *Wehrhan Die Sage 74; Doudou RTP XVII 425ff.; Feilberg's MS collection of cards in Copenhagen Nos. 632—925, cf. Ellekilde FFC LXXXV 78 s.v. "Elb" (alf); **Latham The Elizabethan Fairies (New York, 1931); Puckett MPh XVI (1918) 297ff.; De Vries Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXXVI (1931) 3—30; Fb "underjordiske"; Saintyves Contes de Perrault 18, *19.—Irish myth: Cross; Celtic: *H. Schreiber Die Feen in Europa (Freiburg i. Br., 1842), *W. Wentz Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Rennes, 1909.); Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 43—45 Nos. 37—40, 41—49, 52—54; Icelandic: *Boberg; *Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 48ff.; Lithuanian: *Balys Die Sagen von den litauischen Feen (Die Nachbarn [Göttingen, 1948] I 31—71); Germanic: MacCulloch Eddic 219ff.; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 13; Armenian: Ananikian 83; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 564; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 326, 328; N. A. Indian: *Alexander N. Am. 68, 290 n. 36; Africa: Werner African 261, (Ibo [Nigeria]): Basden 278, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 141 No. 27. |
| F200.1 | Pixies (little people unseen but often audible and occasionally caught). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F201 | Bongas. Roughly equivalent to fairies. Generally malevolent, but often not. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F205 | Little people from the sky. (Cf. F215.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 326—333. |
| F210 | Fairyland. *Hartland Science 135ff.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F210.1 | Tabu: fighting battle in fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F211 | Fairyland under hollow knoll. Usually entered under roots of trees. Fb "træ" III 866b; Hartland Science 67, 108, 144ff., 155; Patch PMLA XXXIII 612f.—Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 49, Macdougall and Calder 133, 159, 163, 169, 181, 193, 207, 273, 283; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3600; German: Grimm Nr. 39; Germanic: De la Saussaye 322; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 10. |
| F211.0.1 | Prehistoric burial mounds as dwellings of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F211.0.2 | Contrast between people of the fairy mounds and inhabitants of the Land of Promise. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F211.0.2.1 | Tuatha Dé Danann, conquerors of Ireland, are overcome by invaders. (Maic Milid, "Milesians," Gaels) and betake themselves into hills. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F211.1 | Entrance to fairyland through door in knoll. Hartland Science 61; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales: Baughman; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 133, 283. |
| F211.1.1 | Door to fairyland opens once a year. Hartland Science 136.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F211.1.1.1 | Fairies emerge on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F211.1.1.2 | Fairies emerge on St. John's night. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F211.2 | Fairyland entrance under stone. Hartland Science 184; Fb "sten" III 552b. |
| F211.3 | Fairies live under earth. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F212 | Fairyland under water. Krappe Le lac enchanté (Bulletin Hispanique XXXV 107—125); *Cross MPh XIII 731; Irish myth: *Cross, Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F212.0.1 | Water fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F212.1 | Fairyland entered through well. Hartland Science 128.—Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F213 | Fairyland on island. Hartland Science 136.—Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F213.1 | Magic boat to fairyland. Clouston Tales I 218ff.; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIII 97ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F213.2 | Fairies ferried across stream. Meyer Germanische 134; Henne-Am Rhyn Die deutsche Volkssage 2 348 No. 541; Ranke Die deutsche Sage IV 279; Grimm Deutsche Sagen No. 276; Grimm Deutsche Mythologie 3 694. |
| F213.3 | Sea-riding horse carries mortals to fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F214 | Trolls (fairies) live in range of hills. Hartland Science 141. |
| F215 | Fairies live in star-world. (Cf. F205.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F215.1 | Fairyland in sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F215.1.1 | Fairies in heaven. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F215.2 | Peris in sky-world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F216 | Fairies live in forest. Wimberly 127. |
| F216.1 | Fairies live in trees by stream. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F216.2 | Bonga lives in tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F217 | Congregating places of fairies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 49 No. 397. |
| F217.1 | Fairy lights seen in low places. Fb "lys" II 481a. |
| F217.2 | Fairies assemble at milestone. Fb "mile" II 591. |
| F217.3 | Fairies assemble at cross-roads. Hartland Science 138. |
| F219 | Other dwelling places of fairies. |
| F219.1 | Fairies dwell in the next country. England: *Baughman. |
| F219.2 | Garden in fairyland. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F219.3 | Fairies dwell in land to the east. Maori: Clark 98. |
| F220 | Dwelling of fairies. |
| F221 | House of fairy. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F221.1 | Fairy house disappears at dawn. Irish myth: *Cross. Cf. Boberg. |
| F221.2 | Bonga house filled with snakes, tigers, and lions. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F221.3 | Fairies have a pretty room in hill. Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 276; Feilberg DF V 71. |
| F221.4 | Fairy family lives in neat cottage. England: Baughman. |
| F221.5 | Fairy house without doors. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F222 | Fairy castle. Dickson 114 n. 34.—English: Wells 128 (Sir Orfeo); Irish myth: *Cross; Ireland, Wales: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nr. 3600. |
| F222.1 | Fairies' underground palace. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 10. |
| F222.1.1 | Fairies' underground palace cannot be burned by fire nor destroyed by water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F222.2 | Fairy stronghold. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F222.3 | Fairy castle of glass. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F223 | Fairy hall. Hartland Science 41. |
| F224 | Shining bower on a pillar for fée in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F225 | Fairy lives in a shell. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F230 | Appearance of fairies. |
| F231 | Fairy's limbs. |
| F231.1 | Fairy's arms. |
| F231.1.1 | Fairy's iron arms. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bras". |
| F231.2 | Fairy's feet. |
| F231.2.1 | Fairies with bird feet. *Gaster Germania XXV 290ff. |
| F232 | Body of fairy. Irish: Beal XXI 324. |
| F232.1 | Fairies have hollow backs. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "ellepige" I 242a; Elisabeth Hartmann Die Trollvorstellungen in der Sagen und Märchen der skandinavischen Völker (Stuttgart, 1936) 38; Finnish-Swedish: *Wessman 48 Nos. 394, 438. |
| F232.1.1 | Fairies have huge hole in each armpit. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F232.1.2 | Fairy has back rough like pine cone. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F232.2 | Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "patte" II 791b. |
| F232.3 | Fairies with unusually large ears. Tobler 63. |
| F232.4 | Fairies have long hair. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F232.4.1 | Fairy as a small pretty girl with blond hair. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F232.4.2 | Fairy princess with golden hair. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F232.5 | Fairies have hairy bodies. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F232.6 | Fairies as giants. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F232.7 | Elves have only half a thumb. England: Baughman. |
| F232.8 | Fairy has long tail. (Cf. F460.1.5, F518.) England: Baughman. |
| F233 | Color of fairy. (Cf. F236.) |
| F233.1 | Green fairy. Wimberly 240 n. 4; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F233.1.1 | Fairy has one side green. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F233.2 | Silver-colored fairy. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "argentine". |
| F233.3 | Red fairy. Irish myth: *Cross; England, Wales: Baughman. |
| F233.3.1 | Fairy has red eyes. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F233.4 | Fairy's son is pale, dark, and ugly. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga I 322, 343—44, 351, Boberg. |
| F233.5 | Fairies have yellow (golden) hair (clothing). Irish myth: *Cross; Society Islands: Beckwith Myth 335. |
| F233.5.1 | Fairy king with yellow hair. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F233.6 | Fairies fair (fine, white). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F233.7 | Fairies are multicolored. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F233.8 | Fairies are brown and hairy. (Cf. F232.5.) Wales: Baughman. |
| F233.9 | Fairies are black. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F233.10 | Gray-bearded fairy. German: Grimm No. 182. |
| F234 | Transformed fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.0.1 | Fairy transforms self. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.0.2 | Fairy as shape-shifter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1 | Fairy in form of an animal. Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 32 No. 268, 48 No. 396. |
| F234.1.0.1 | Fairy in form of giant animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F234.1.1 | Fairy in form of cow (bull). Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 281ff., 291ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.2 | Fairy in form of goat. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 289. |
| F234.1.3 | Fairy in form of swine. Wales: Baughman. |
| F234.1.3.1 | Fairy in form of wild boar. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 126, *Cross. |
| F234.1.4 | Fairy in form of stag. Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 203. |
| F234.1.4.1 | Fairy in form of doe. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.5 | Fairy in form of toad. *Fb "tudse" III 888b; Hartland Science 52ff. |
| F234.1.6 | Fairy in form of frog. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 271. |
| F234.1.7 | Fairy in form of worm (snake, serpent). Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F234.1.8 | Fairy in form of horse. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.9 | Fairy in form of dog. |
| F234.1.9.1 | Fairy in form of lapdog. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.9.2 | Fairy in form of greyhound. Wales: Baughman. |
| F234.1.10 | Fairy in form of eel. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.11 | Fairy in form of sheep. Irish myth: Cross; Wales: Baughman. |
| F234.1.12 | Fairy in form of hare. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.13 | Fairy in form of wolf. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.14 | Fairy in form of weasel. England: Baughman. |
| F234.1.15 | Fairy in form of bird. Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 56. |
| F234.1.15.1 | Fairy as swan. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.1.15.2 | Fairy in form of dove. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F234.1.15.3 | Fairy in form of sparrow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F234.1.15.4 | Fairy in form of drake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F234.1.16 | Fairy in form of insect. |
| F234.1.16.1 | Fairy in form of fly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F234.1.16.2 | Fairy in form of moth. England: Baughman. |
| F234.1.16.3 | Fairy in form of ant. England: Baughman. |
| F234.2 | Fairy in form of person. *Type 480: *Roberts 117.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.1 | Fairy in form of hag. Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 227. |
| F234.2.2 | Fairy in hideous form. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.3 | Fairy as headless woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.4 | Fairy in likeness of another. (Cf. F239.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.4.1 | Clerics mistaken for fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.5 | Fairy in form of beautiful young woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.6 | Fairy as messenger from fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.7 | Fairy as guide to fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.2.8 | Fairy assumes shape of woman and frequents bazaars. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F234.3 | Fairy in form of object. |
| F234.3.1 | Fairy disappears in form of a cloud. Tobler 87. |
| F234.3.2 | Bonga girl (fairy) appears as flame. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F234.3.3 | Fairy in form of a bundle of rags. England: Baughman. |
| F234.4 | Transformed fairy—miscellaneous. |
| F234.4.1 | Horse used by mortal under fairy spell changes to gray cat. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 271. |
| F235 | Visibility of fairies. |
| F235.1 | Fairies invisible. Tobler 94f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "invisibilité"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F235.2 | Fairies visible only at certain times. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F235.2.1 | Fairies visible only at night. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nuit". |
| F235.2.2 | Fairies visible only at noonday. Fb "middag" II 585. |
| F235.3 | Fairies visible to one person alone. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Sir Launfal (Ritson ed.) line 501. |
| F235.4 | Fairies made visible through use of magic object. |
| F235.4.1 | Fairies made visible through use of ointment. (Cf. E361.3.) *Fb "salve" III 150b; *Hartland Science 59—67; English: Child I 339, II 505b, III 505b, V290a; England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 449. |
| F235.4.2 | Fairies made visible through use of magic soap. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 277; England: Baughman. |
| F235.4.3 | Fairies made visible through use of magic stone on eyes. Hartland Science 61. |
| F235.4.4 | Fairies made visible through use of magic water. Hartland Science 66; Fb "marelok" II 553; England, Scotland: Baughman. |
| F235.4.5 | Fairies made visible through the use of saliva. Hartland Science 62. |
| F235.4.6 | Fairies made visible when one carries four-leaf clover. (Cf. D1323.14.) England: *Baughman. |
| F235.5 | Fairies made visible by stepping on certain spot. Hartland Science 162. |
| F235.5.1 | Fairies made visible by standing on another's foot. Hartland Science 162. |
| F235.5.2 | Fairies made visible when person steps into fairy ring. (Cf. F218, F261.1.) England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F235.6 | Fairies visible through magic ring. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 47, Cross. |
| F235.7 | Fairies seen as dark shadows. Tobler 89. |
| F235.8 | Fairies lose power of invisibility. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F235.8.1 | Fairies lose power of invisibility if mortals gain knowledge of their secret. (Cf. F361.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F235.8.2 | Fairies made visible by looking with left eye. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F235.9 | Fairies made visible when person walks three times around field where cows are grazing at night. (Cf. D1791.) England: Baughman. |
| F236 | Dress of fairies. (Cf. F233.) |
| F236.0.1 | Ill-dressed otherworld person. Irish myth: *Cross |
| F236.1 | Color of fairy's clothes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F236.1.1 | Fairies in red clothes. *Fb "blе" IV 52a; England, Ireland, Wales: Baughman. |
| F236.1.2 | Fairies in blue clothes. *Fb "blе" IV 52a. |
| F236.1.3 | Fairies in white clothes. *Fb "hvid" I 700b; Irish myth: Cross; England, Wales: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 687. |
| F236.1.4 | Fairies in gray clothes. *Fb "ellepige" I 242a. |
| F236.1.5 | Fairies in gleaming clothes. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F236.1.6 | Fairy in green clothes. Irish myth: Cross; England, Scotland, Wales: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F236.1.7 | Fairy wears multi-colored dress. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F236.2 | Fairies in long robes. *Fb "ellepige" I 242a. |
| F236.3 | Fairies with belts and hats. Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F236.3.1 | Fairies with three-cornered hats. England: Baughman. |
| F236.3.2 | Fairies with red caps. (Cf. F451.2.7.1, F460.1.4.2.) England, Ireland, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F236.3.3 | Fairy wears sugar-loaf hat. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F236.4 | Fairies with gold crowns on head. Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F236.5 | Fairy wears boorish clothes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F236.5.1 | Fairies wear patched coats. England: Baughman. |
| F236.6 | Fairies wear gay clothing. England: Baughman. |
| F237 | Fairies in disguise. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F238 | Fairies are naked. (Cf. F420.1.6.7.) Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F239 | Appearance of fairies—miscellaneous. |
| F239.1 | Fairies tied together by hair. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| F239.2 | Fairy women identical in form and feature. (Cf. F234.2.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F239.3 | Fairy breathes fire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F239.4 | Size of fairies. |
| F239.4.1 | Fairies are the same size as mortals. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F239.4.2 | Fairies are the size of small children. England: *Baughman. |
| F239.4.3 | Fairy is tiny. Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland: Baughman. |
| F239.5 | Elves have faces of wrinkled old men. England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F239.6 | Fairy's tears pearls. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F240 | Possessions of fairies. |
| F241 | Fairies' animals. |
| F241.0.1 | Fairy animal hunted. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.1 | Fairies' horses. Howey 2; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.1.0.1 | Fairy cavalcade. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.1.1 | Color of fairies' horses. Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.1.1.1 | Fairies ride white horses. English: Child I 216, 323, 325, 339f.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.1.1.2 | Fairies ride dapple-gray horses. English: Child I 324, 326, Baughman. |
| F241.1.1.3 | Blue, red, yellow horses in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
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