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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.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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A
Mythological Motifs
B
Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
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
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| F241.1.1.4 | Fairies ride cream-colored horses. England: Baughman. |
| F241.1.2 | Behavior of fairies' horses. |
| F241.1.2.1 | Fairies' horses water at peasant's well. *Fb "hest" I 599a. |
| F241.1.2.2 | Fairies' mare foals every year on first of May. Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.1.3 | Fairies ride on three-legged horses. Fb "underjordiske" III 975b. |
| F241.1.3.1 | Fairy horse one-legged. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.1.4 | Fairies' horses have round shoes. Fb "hestesko" IV 213b. |
| F241.1.5 | Fairy's horse becomes invisible. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.1.6 | Fairy horse pulls chariot by pole which passes through his body. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.1.7 | Fairies steal stalks of hemp and turn them into horses. (Cf. D449.5.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| F241.1.8 | Size of fairies' horses. |
| F241.1.8.1 | Fairies' horses the size of greyhounds. Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.1.8.2 | Fairies' horses are of normal size. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F241.2 | Fairies' cows. (Cf. F460.2.9.) Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 57**; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 51 Nos. 430—434. |
| F241.2.1 | Color of fairies' cows. |
| F241.2.1.1 | Fairies have red cows. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "rød" III 117a, "ko" II 240b. |
| F241.2.2 | Fairies' cattle become invisible. Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bétail". |
| F241.2.3 | Fairies' cattle under a lake. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 128. |
| F241.2.4 | Fairy cattle graze on earth on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.2.5 | Woman (fairy) lives only on milk from fairy cow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F241.3 | Hogs follow fairies. Fb "rakker". |
| F241.3.1 | Spirit owns herds of pigs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F241.4 | Goats follow fairies. Fb "rakker". |
| F241.5 | Fairies have herds of deer. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 129, Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F241.5.1 | Fairies own herd of ibexes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F241.6 | Fairy dogs. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.7 | Fairies have sheep. Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.8 | Fairies have poultry. Wales: Baughman. |
| F242 | Fairies' conveyances. |
| F242.1 | Fairy car. Malone PMLA XLIII 421; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F242.1.1 | Fairy car becomes invisible. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F242.1.2 | Fairy chariot rides waves. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F242.1.3 | Fairy chariot of precious metal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F242.1.4 | Glass car. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F242.2 | Fairy boat. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 194; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bateau". |
| F242.2.1 | Glass boat for fairy. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 84, *Cross. |
| F242.2.2 | Fairy boat of bronze. (Cf. F841.1.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F242.2.3 | Fairy boat from flax-stem. Maori: Beckwith Myth 335. |
| F243 | Fairies' food. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F243.0.1 | Christianized fairy woman refuses to eat fairy food. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F243.1 | Fairies' bread. Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "pain". |
| F243.2 | Fairies eat nuts. Irish myth: Cross; MacCulloch Celtic 121. |
| F243.3 | Fairies eat meat. |
| F243.3.1 | Animals eaten by fairies become whole again. England, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animaux". |
| F243.4 | Fairy food undiminished when eaten. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F243.5 | Fairies' food gives immortality. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F244 | Fairies' treasure. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F244.1 | "The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann" (fairies?). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F244.2 | Fairy shows hiding place of treasure in return for freedom. (Cf. N538.) Ireland: Baughman. |
| F244.3 | Fairy fetches mortals to remove treasure hidden by ghosts in their lifetimes. (Cf. N510.) Wales: Baughman. |
| F244.4 | Fairies scare treasure-seeker away from hoard. They get bigger and bigger, and cause violent storms until seeker leaves. Cf. D2141.0.2. England: Baughman. |
| F244.5 | Fairies dig for treasure. England: Baughman. |
| F244.6 | Fairies guard giants' treasures. (Cf. N570.) England: Baughman. |
| F245 | Fairies' musical instruments. |
| F245.1 | Fairy harp. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F246 | Fairy tobacco pipes. England: Baughman. |
| F250 | Other characteristics of fairies. |
| F251 | Origin of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F251.1 | Fairies as descendants of early race of gods. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F251.1.1 | Goddess as fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F251.1.2 | Fairies as gods. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F251.2 | Fairies as souls of departed. (Cf. E700.) Hartland Science 132f.; von Sydow F ochF XIII—XIV; Slavic: Máchal 256ff. |
| F251.3 | Unbaptized children as fairies. Fb "udøbt" III 960a; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 61, Beal XXI 324; England: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30 No. 262. |
| F251.4 | Underworld people from children which Eve hid from God. *Fb "underjordiske" III 975b; Wales: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30 No. 261; German: Grimm No. 180. |
| F251.5 | Fairies as sprites who have been given immortality. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F251.6 | Fairies as fallen angels. Irish myth: Cross; Scotland, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 224; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30 No. 260. |
| F251.7 | Fairies as demons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F251.8 | Fairy professes faith in Christianity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F251.9 | Fairy gives instructions on means of reaching heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F251.10 | Fairies are not the children of Adam. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F251.11 | Fairies are people not good enough for heaven but not bad enough for hell. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F251.12 | Fairies are druids. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F251.13 | Fairies are Welsh women cursed by St. Patrick for rebuking him because he left Wales for Ireland. Wales: Baughman. |
| F251.14 | Fairies are outlaws hiding out. Wales: Baughman. |
| F252 | Government of fairies. |
| F252.1 | Fairy king. Keightley 50ff.; Malone PMLA XLIII 422; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 128 (Sir Orfeo), England, Wales: Baughman; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 225; India: Thompson-Balys; Papua: Ker 73. Cf. Oberon in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, and in Huon of Bordeaux. |
| F252.1.0.1 | Mortal rules fairyland jointly with fairy king. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F252.1.0.2 | King of Land under Water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F252.1.1 | Fairies elect king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F252.1.2 | Indra has control over fairies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F252.2 | Fairy queen. T. Keightley The Fairy Mythology (London, 1873) 53ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 225, Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F252.3 | Fairy army. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F252.3.1 | Soldiers of fairy king are trees by day and men by night. Fb "træ" III 867b. |
| F252.4 | Fairies banished from fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F252.4.1 | Fairy banished for adultery. (Cf. F254.5, Q241.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F252.4.2 | Fairy banished for falsehood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F253 | Extraordinary powers of fairies. |
| F253.1 | Extraordinary physical powers of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F253.1.1 | Fairies possess extraordinary strength. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F253.1.1.1 | Fairy as mighty lifter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F254 | Mortal characteristics of fairies. (Cf. F259.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F254.1 | Fairies have physical disabilities. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F254.2 | Fairies not omniscient. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F254.3 | Fairies can be bewitched. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F254.4 | Fairies can be wounded. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F254.5 | Fairies commit adultery. (Cf. F252.4.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F255 | Peculiar limitations of fairies. |
| F255.1 | Fairies must trade whenever it is demanded of them. It does not matter how uneven the trade may be. Hartland Science 131. |
| F255.2 | Fairies can set down an object once but cannot raise it again. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 22. |
| F255.3 | Fairies once seen by mortals no longer invisible at will. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F255.4 | Fairy army can go among mortals only on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F255.5 | Fairies do not bend grass as they walk. (Cf. F261.2, F973.2.) Maori: Beckwith Myth 335. |
| F256 | Fairies read men's thoughts. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 22; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F256.1 | Mortal's coming to fairyland foreknown to fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F257 | Tribute taken from fairies by fiend at stated periods. English: Child V 498 s.v. "Feind". |
| F258 | Fairies gregarious. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F258.1 | Fairies hold a fair. England: *Baughman. |
| F259 | Characteristics of fairies—miscellaneous. |
| F259.1 | Mortality of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F259.1.1 | Fairies kill each other. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F259.1.2 | Fairy becomes mortal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F259.1.3 | Fairy dies of longing for fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F259.1.4 | Fairies immortal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F259.1.4.1 | Fairies cannot be slain. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F259.2 | Fairies freed from disgrace by bathing in blood of enemy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F259.3 | Fairy reveals her true identity when despite heavy rain she remains dry. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F260 | Behavior of fairies. |
| F261 | Fairies dance. *Type 503; *BP III 324ff., 329; *Fb "danse" IV 93a; Hartland Science 162.—Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 127, 163; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 24ff., (1928) 16ff.; Slavic: Máchal 259; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "dance"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F261.1 | Fairy rings on grass. Seen after fairy dance. Irish myth: Cross; English: Brueyre RTP II 74ff.; Slavic: Máchal 259. |
| F261.1.1 | Fairies dance by themselves in fairy ring. England: *Baughman. |
| F261.2 | Fairy dances in snow: no tracks left. (Cf. F255.5.) Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 50 No. 420. |
| F261.2.1 | Fairies dance on leaves without disturbing them. Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 336. |
| F261.3 | Other locations of fairy dancing. |
| F261.3.1 | Fairies dance under tree. |
| F261.3.1.1 | Fairies dance under hawthorn trees. England: Baughman. |
| F261.3.1.2 | Fairies dance under oak tree. England: Baughman. |
| F261.3.2 | Fairies dance on foxglove. England: Baughman. |
| F261.3.3 | Fairies dance in orchard. England: Baughman. |
| F261.3.4 | Fairies dance in ditches. Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F261.3.5 | Fairies dance in hay in barn. Wales: Baughman. |
| F261.3.6 | Fairies dance on the green. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F261.3.7 | Fairies dance before Indra. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F262 | Fairies make music. Hartland Science 141, 155; Krappe Balor 88; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 165, *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 163, 209; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 225; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F262.1 | Fairies sing. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "synge" III 706b; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chant", "chanteuse". |
| F262.2 | Fairies teach bagpipe-playing. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 175. |
| F262.3 | Fairy minstrel. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.1 | Fairy as harper. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.1.1 | Fairy harper plays two harps at once. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.1.2 | Fairy harper in yew tree. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.1.3 | Fairy harper in tiny bronze boat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.2 | Fairy minstrel's birds sing accompaniment. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F262.3.3 | Fairy minstrel's music heard far and wide. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F262.3.4 | Fairy music causes sleep. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.5 | Fairy music causes mourning. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.6 | Fairy music causes joy (laughter). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.3.7 | Fairy music causes weakness. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F262.4 | Fairy music compared to music of Heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F262.5 | Fairy music—person listening is without food or sleep for a year. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F262.6 | Fairy music so potent it would cause wounded men to sleep. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F262.7 | Fairies whistle. England: Baughman. |
| F262.8 | Fairy horns heard by mortals. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F262.9 | Fairy music makes seven years seem like one day to mortal hearer. (Cf. D2011.1.) England: Baughman. |
| F262.10 | Fairy music—-miscellaneous. |
| F262.10.1 | Fairy music issues from stone. England: Baughman. |
| F262.10.2 | Fairy music issues from fairy ring. England: Baughman. |
| F263 | Fairies feast. Hartland Science 144, 155; Keightley 283; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman. |
| F263.1 | Fairy's share of feast a nut. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F264 | Fairy wedding. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F265 | Fairy bathes. Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 n. 3; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F265.1 | Fairies frequently use bath house. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F266 | Fairies warm themselves. Fb "ovn" II 774b; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 56 No. 481. |
| F267 | Fairies attend games. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F268 | Burial among underworld folk. *Fb "begravelse" IV 30b; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F268.1 | Burial service for fairy queen is held at night in Christian church. England: *Baughman. |
| F271 | Fairies as laborers. |
| F271.0.1 | Fairies as craftsmen. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 329. |
| F271.0.2 | Fairies lacking axes work with their teeth. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 333. |
| F271.1 | Fairies milk cows. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 129ff. |
| F271.2 | Fairies as builders. |
| F271.2.0.1 | Fairies build great structures in one night. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 333. |
| F271.2.1 | Fairies excavate passage. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 173; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "souterrain". |
| F271.2.2 | Fairies build causeway. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F271.2.3 | Fairies build canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 332. |
| F271.3 | Fairies skillful as smiths. *Fb "smed" III 402a; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland: Baughman, Boberg DF XLVI 83. |
| F271.4 | Fairies work on cloth. |
| F271.4.1 | Fairies bleach linen. Fb "linned" II 435b; England: Baughman; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 182ff., (1928) 128ff. |
| F271.4.2 | Fairies skillful as weavers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F271.4.3 | Fairies spin. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 56. |
| F271.5 | Fairies clear land. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F271.6 | Fairy as herdsman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F271.7 | Fairies churn. *Boberg DF XLVI 84. |
| F271.8 | Fées engage in needlework. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F271.9 | Fairies wash their clothes: they are heard only at this task. England: *Baughman. |
| F271.10 | Fairies bake bread. **Boberg DF XLVI. |
| F273 | Fairy shows remarkable skill. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F273.1 | Fairy shows remarkable skill as marksman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F273.2 | Fairy shows remarkable skill as runner. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F274 | Fairy physician. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F275 | Fairies descend chimney. England, Scotland: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheminée". |
| F276 | Fairies call out to mortals. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F277 | Battle of fairies and gods. Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 85. |
| F277.0.1 | War between fairy settlements. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F277.0.2 | Fairies fight among selves for possession of island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F277.0.3 | Good and bad fairies battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F278 | Fairies' strategy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F278.1 | Fairy casts huge stones to keep enemies off. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F278.2 | Fairies create magic concealing mist. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F281 | Fairy replaces man's heart with heart of straw. Eyes with wood, etc. English: Child I 343—356 passim. |
| F282 | Fairies travel through air. |
| F282.1 | Fairies travel in eddies of wind. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F282.2 | Formulas for fairies' travel through air. England: Baughman. |
| F282.3 | Fairies come from the kingdom of Indra to earth in four flying thrones. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F285 | Anchor falls on fairies. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ancre". |
| F300 | Marriage or liaison with fairy. Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 335, Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 96. |
| F300.1 | Giants guard fairy princess from mortal man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F300.2 | Husband pursues fairy wife to heaven. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 55. |
| F301 | Fairy lover. Fb "underjordiske" III 975a; Dickson 121 n. 65; Hartland Science 64; Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 133ff.; Icelandic: Boberg, *Feilberg DF V 43ff.; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 343. |
| F301.1 | Summoning fairy lover. |
| F301.1.1 | Girl summons fairy lover by breaking tabu. |
| F301.1.1.1 | Girl summons fairy lover by wishing for him. English: Child I 6ff. No. 2. |
| F301.1.1.2 | Girl summons fairy lover by plucking flowers. English: Child I 360 n. |
| F301.1.1.3 | Girl summons fairy lover by lying under tree. English: Child V 499 s.v. "trees". |
| F301.1.1.4 | Girl summons fairy lover by pulling nuts. English: Child I 360 n. |
| F301.2 | Fairy lover entices mortal girl. |
| F301.2.1 | Elf-knight produces love-longing by blowing on horn. English: Child I 15ff., 23, 55, 367. |
| F301.3 | Girl goes to fairyland and marries fairy. Hartland Science 64. |
| F301.4 | Tasks set maid by elfin knight before she can marry him. English: Child I 15ff. |
| F301.5 | Elf-knight entices maiden away and kills her. English: Child I 47; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F301.6 | Fairy lover abducts fairy wife of mortal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F301.7 | Girl goes to see her fairy lover on certain nights. Icelandic: Sveinsson FFC LXXXVIII 10f. (Type 306 III). |
| F301.8 | Fairy runs away from wedding with mortal girl. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F302 | Fairy mistress. Mortal man marries or lives with fairy woman. *Hoffman-Krayer Zs f. Vksk. XXV 120 n. 4; *Puckett MPh XVI 297; Clouston Tales I 212ff.; Malone PMLA XLIII 406; *Grimes The Lays of Desiré, Graelent and Melion (New York, 1928); *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIII 97ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Hjálmthèrs saga ok ölvis 477, Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 56 No. 483; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 44 Nos 42, 43; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 151; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 500. |
| F302.0.1 | Bonga mistress. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.1 | Man goes to fairyland and marries fairy. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 130ff. (Sir Launfal, Emare); Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.1.1 | Mortals supplied with fairy mistresses during visit to fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.1.2 | Mortal gives fairy ring after night spent with her in fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F302.2 | Man marries fairy and takes her to his home. **Köhler Der Ursprung der Melusinensage (1895); *Fränkel Zs. f. Vksk. IV 387; *Fb "menneske" II 577b; see also all references for C31.1.2; Hartland Science 168; Malone PMLA XLIII 417; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Wales: Baughman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.2.1 | Fairy wife deserts mortal husband for repulsive lover. Malone PMLA XLIII 416ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3 | Fairy wooes mortal man. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.0.1 | Fairy visits mortal and becomes his mistress. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F302.3.0.2 | Raja refuses to marry a Peri. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.1 | Fairy entices man into fairyland. Hartland Science 41, 163, 184, 202; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.1.1 | Bonga girl (fairy) will return stolen goods only if mortal man will go with her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.1.2 | Fairies stop ship to entice man to their land. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F302.3.1.3 | Man is carried to fairyland by fairy and marries her. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F302.3.1.4 | Fairy abducts whomever she falls in love with. (Cf. F320.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.2 | Fairy offers gifts to man to be her paramour. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 314, 375f., 384, III 504a, V 214; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F302.3.2.1 | Fairy offers aid to man if he will marry her. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F302.3.2.2 | Fairy offers to disenchant mortal wife if man will marry her. (Cf. F302.5.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F302.3.3 | Fairy avenges self on man who scorns her love. English: Child I 376ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F302.3.3.1 | Fairy avenges herself on inconstant lover (husband). *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 115ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 372—389. |
| F302.3.4 | Fairies entice men and then harm them. Irish myth: *Cross; Japanese: Mitford 243; West Indies: Flowers 433. |
| F302.3.4.1 | Fairy kisses man. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.4.1.1 | Fairy's kiss fatal. Fb "kys" II 349. |
| F302.3.4.2 | Fairies dance with youth till he dies (or goes insane). *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F302.3.4.2.1 | Pixies win dancing contest with man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.4.3 | Fairy wooes and deserts man. Clouston Tales I 215ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F302.3.4.4 | Fairy takes lover back to fairyland in magic sleep. *Krappe Romania LX (1934) 79ff. |
| F302.3.4.5 | Fairies fall in love with prince and charm him into a deathlike sleep. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.4 | Man obtains power over fairy mistress. Irish myth: Cross. |
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