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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
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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
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F362.3 | Fairies cause weakness. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F361.17.8 | Fairies chase man who dares them to come chase him. He barely gets home ahead of them; they drive iron javelin through iron-covered door. (Cf. C20.) England: *Baughman. |
| F361.3.2 | Fairies chase person who watches them dance. England: Baughman (F261.4.) |
| F271.7 | Fairies churn. *Boberg DF XLVI 84. |
| F271.5 | Fairies clear land. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F313 | Fairies comb children's hair. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F282.3 | Fairies come from the kingdom of Indra to earth in four flying thrones. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F254.5 | Fairies commit adultery. (Cf. F252.4.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F312.2 | Fairies control destinies of a mortal. Saintyves Perrault 19. |
| F366.4 | Fairies control prosperity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V331.8 | Fairies converted to Christianity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F278.2 | Fairies create magic concealing mist. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F261.3.7 | Fairies dance before Indra. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F261.1.1 | Fairies dance by themselves in fairy ring. England: *Baughman. |
| F261.3.4 | Fairies dance in ditches. Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F261.3.5 | Fairies dance in hay in barn. Wales: Baughman. |
| F261.3.3 | Fairies dance in orchard. England: Baughman. |
| F261.3.2 | Fairies dance on foxglove. England: Baughman. |
| F261.2.1 | Fairies dance on leaves without disturbing them. Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 336. |
| F261.3.6 | Fairies dance on the green. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F261.3.1.1 | Fairies dance under hawthorn trees. England: Baughman. |
| F261.3.1.2 | Fairies dance under oak tree. England: Baughman. |
| F261.3.1 | Fairies dance under tree. |
| F302.3.4.2 | Fairies dance with youth till he dies (or goes insane). *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| 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. |
| F369.2 | Fairies defile waters Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F388.2 | Fairies depart to floating island. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 330. |
| F388.1 | Fairies depart to heaven. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 333. |
| F388 | Fairies depart. |
| F275 | Fairies descend chimney. England, Scotland: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheminée". |
| F369.5 | Fairies destroy crops. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F244.5 | Fairies dig for treasure. England: Baughman. |
| F339.3.1 | Fairies do all house and farm work for family who returns lost child. England: Baughman. |
| F255.5 | Fairies do not bend grass as they walk. (Cf. F261.2, F973.2.) Maori: Beckwith Myth 335. |
| F389.1 | Fairies driven off with fire. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F219.3 | Fairies dwell in land to the east. Maori: Clark 98. |
| F219.1 | Fairies dwell in the next country. England: *Baughman. |
| F243.3 | Fairies eat meat. |
| F243.2 | Fairies eat nuts. Irish myth: Cross; MacCulloch Celtic 121. |
| F252.1.1 | Fairies elect king. 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. |
| F302.3.4 | Fairies entice men and then harm them. Irish myth: *Cross; Japanese: Mitford 243; West Indies: Flowers 433. |
| F328 | Fairies entice people into their domain. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F271.2.1 | Fairies excavate passage. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 173; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "souterrain". |
| F349.3 | Fairies exile devastating host. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F233.6 | Fairies fair (fine, white). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F302.3.4.5 | Fairies fall in love with prince and charm him into a deathlike sleep. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F382.1 | Fairies fear the cross. England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F263 | Fairies feast. Hartland Science 144, 155; Keightley 283; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman. |
| 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. |
| F277.0.2 | Fairies fight among selves for possession of island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F259.2 | Fairies freed from disgrace by bathing in blood of enemy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F265.1 | Fairies frequently use bath house. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F343.4 | Fairies give avaricious man gift of benevolence. Hartland Science 55. |
| F343.5 | Fairies give beautiful clothes. Irish myth: Cross; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 10. |
| F341 | Fairies give fulfillment of wishes. Hartland Science 55; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 51; English: Wells 32 (Layamon's Brut); Wales: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F343.17 | Fairies give haymakers dinner each year until one of men keeps a fairy knife. They give no more food even though the man returns the knife. (Cf. F353.) England: Baughman. |
| F343.2 | Fairies give hunter a dog. Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 285ff. |
| F344.3 | Fairies give man white powder to cure mortals, replenish his supply whenever needed. England: Baughman. |
| F342 | Fairies give mortal money. Hartland Science 39, 53, 56; Irish myth: Cross; English: Wells (Sir Launfal); Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bourse"; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3594. |
| F343.19 | Fairies give mortals fairy bread. |
| F341.1 | Fairies give three gifts. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "dons". Rotunda: Italian Novella. |
| F343.1 | Fairies give woman silver spoons. Hartland Science 38. |
| F338 | Fairies grateful to man who repairs their utensils or implements. England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F258 | Fairies gregarious. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F244.6 | Fairies guard giants' treasures. (Cf. N570.) England: Baughman. |
| F399.3 | Fairies hate clerics. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F221.3 | Fairies have a pretty room in hill. Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 276; Feilberg DF V 71. |
| F232.2 | Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "patte" II 791b. |
| F232.5 | Fairies have hairy bodies. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F241.5 | Fairies have herds of deer. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 129, Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| F232.4 | Fairies have long hair. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F254.1 | Fairies have physical disabilities. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F241.8 | Fairies have poultry. Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.2.1.1 | Fairies have red cows. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "rød" III 117a, "ko" II 240b. |
| F241.7 | Fairies have sheep. Wales: Baughman. |
| F233.5 | Fairies have yellow (golden) hair (clothing). Irish myth: *Cross; Society Islands: Beckwith Myth 335. |
| F344 | Fairies heal mortals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J2415.4 | Fairies help forgotten child, but strangle child trying to imitate good luck. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3691. |
| F258.1 | Fairies hold a fair. England: *Baughman. |
| F259.1.4 | Fairies immortal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K821 | Fairies in animal form persuaded they will hear music better in own shapes. Are killed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F236.1.2 | Fairies in blue clothes. *Fb "blе" IV 52a. |
| F237 | Fairies in disguise. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F366.3 | Fairies in form of devastating animals kill flocks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F236.1.5 | Fairies in gleaming clothes. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F236.1.4 | Fairies in gray clothes. *Fb "ellepige" I 242a. |
| F215.1.1 | Fairies in heaven. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F236.2 | Fairies in long robes. *Fb "ellepige" I 242a. |
| F236.1.1 | Fairies in red clothes. *Fb "blе" IV 52a; England, Ireland, Wales: Baughman. |
| F236.1.3 | Fairies in white clothes. *Fb "hvid" I 700b; Irish myth: Cross; England, Wales: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 687. |
| F345 | Fairies instructs mortals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F235.1 | Fairies invisible. Tobler 94f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "invisibilité"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F325.1 | Fairies kidnap boy when he breaks tabu by going outside mansion under earth before 12 years. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F259.1.1 | Fairies kill each other. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F271.0.2 | Fairies lacking axes work with their teeth. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 333. |
| F361.17.1 | Fairies lame miller who throws sod into his kiln where fairies are cooking oatmeal; the oatmeal scalds them. England: *Baughman. |
| F369.7 | Fairies lead travelers astray. (Cf. E272.10, F401.3, F491.1.) Canada, England, Ireland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F383.4.2 | Fairies leave at rise of morning star. Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 336. |
| F381.12 | Fairies leave when ordered to fight each other. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F381.7 | Fairies leave when people do their needs where they live. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F381.10 | Fairies leave when person watches them at work. (Cf. F348.10.) |
| F381.13 | Fairies leave when thanked for their work. (Cf. F451.5.10.9.) |
| F361.3.1 | Fairies leave work unfinished when overseen. (Cf. F271.2.1, F271.5.) Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman. |
| F381.2 | Fairies leaves when mortal strews peas in his path. BP I 365. |
| F216 | Fairies live in forest. Wimberly 127. |
| F215 | Fairies live in star-world. (Cf. F205.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F216.1 | Fairies live in trees by stream. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F211.3 | Fairies live under earth. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F235.8.1 | Fairies lose power of invisibility if mortals gain knowledge of their secret. (Cf. F361.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F235.8 | Fairies lose power of invisibility. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F336 | Fairies loyal to mortal who owns their knoll. Scotland: Baughman, Macdougall and Calder 193. |
| F235.8.2 | Fairies made visible by looking with left eye. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F235.5.1 | Fairies made visible by standing on another's foot. Hartland Science 162. |
| F235.5 | Fairies made visible by stepping on certain spot. Hartland Science 162. |
| F235.4.5 | Fairies made visible through the use of saliva. Hartland Science 62. |
| F235.4 | Fairies made visible through use of magic object. |
| 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. |
| F235.4.1 | 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. |
| F235.4.6 | Fairies made visible when one carries four-leaf clover. (Cf. D1323.14.) England: *Baughman. |
| F235.5.2 | Fairies made visible when person steps into fairy ring. (Cf. F218, F261.1.) England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F235.9 | Fairies made visible when person walks three times around field where cows are grazing at night. (Cf. D1791.) England: Baughman. |
| F312.1.1 | Fairies make good wishes for newborn child. (Cf. F316.) Italian: Basile Pentamerone II 8. |
| 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. |
| F346.1 | Fairies make shoes for shoemaker. German: Grimm No. 39; BP I 364. |
| F271.1 | Fairies milk cows. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 129ff. |
| F366.1 | Fairies milk mortal's cows dry. *Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 484 n. 23; Fb "ko" II 240b; England: Baughman. |
| F366.1.1 | Fairies milk mortal's mare. Hartland Science 130. |
| F255.1 | Fairies must trade whenever it is demanded of them. It does not matter how uneven the trade may be. Hartland Science 131. |
| S160.3 | Fairies mutilate mortals. (Cf. F362.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F254.2 | Fairies not omniscient. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F365.3 | Fairies occupy peasant's house. *Fb "hus" I 687a. |
| F255.3 | Fairies once seen by mortals no longer invisible at will. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F456.4.1 | Fairies operate coal mine. Wales: Baughman. |
| F389 | Fairies otherwise defeated. |
| F241.5.1 | Fairies own herd of ibexes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F361.17.3 | Fairies pinch plowboy who breaks their wooden oven as he plows. England: Baughman. |
| F366.2.1 | Fairies plait manes and tails of horses. Canada, England: *Baughman. |
| F253.1.1 | Fairies possess extraordinary strength. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F399.2 | Fairies protect selves by means of smoke. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F361.5 | Fairies punish girl who pours hot water into their spring. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 47 No. 392. |
| F361.15 | Fairies punish mortals who refuse to eat fairy food given them. England, Ireland: *Baughman. |
| F361.16 | Fairies punish person who needs punishing because of his treatment of other mortals. (Cf. F311.1.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F360.1 | Fairies pursue unbaptized children. *Fb "udøbt" III 959b. |
| E501.5.2 | Fairies pursued in wild hunt. Fb "Odins jæger" II 732ab. |
| F256 | Fairies read men's thoughts. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 22; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F344.1 | Fairies remove hunchback's hump (or replace it). *Type 503; BP III 324ff.; RTP I 129, 186, III 582, V 690, VIII 549, IX 285, X 124, XX 389, XXII 79, XXVII 490; Clouston Tales I 352; FL XIX 324ff.—Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 205ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bossu"; cf. Japanese: Mitford 191ff., Ikeda. |
| F343.18 | Fairies return hatchet head lost in river. England: Baughman. |
| F241.1.1.4 | Fairies ride cream-colored horses. England: Baughman. |
| F241.1.1.2 | Fairies ride dapple-gray horses. English: Child I 324, 326, Baughman. |
| F366.1.3 | Fairies ride farmer's calves. England: *Baughman. |
| F366.2 | Fairies ride mortal's horses at night. *Kittredge Witchcraft 219f., 526ff. nn. 65—77; Fb "marelok" II 553; England, U.S.: *Baughman; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 127 No. 60; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 60. |
| F241.1.3 | Fairies ride on three-legged horses. Fb "underjordiske" III 975b. |
| F241.1.1.1 | Fairies ride white horses. English: Child I 216, 323, 325, 339f.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| 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. |
| F372.2 | Fairies seek human godparent. *BP I 366; Hartland Science 170. |
| F235.7 | Fairies seen as dark shadows. Tobler 89. |
| F369.1 | Fairies set fire to buildings. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F262.1 | Fairies sing. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "synge" III 706b; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chant", "chanteuse". |
| F271.3 | Fairies skillful as smiths. *Fb "smed" III 402a; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland: Baughman, Boberg DF XLVI 83. |
| F271.4.2 | Fairies skillful as weavers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F361.6 | Fairies slay wooer (or his kin) of fairy maiden. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F369.5.1 | Fairies snip corn from stalks. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F271.4.3 | Fairies spin. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 56. |
| F399.4.1 | Fairies sport with mortal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F365.2 | Fairies steal anchor. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ancre". |
| F365.1 | Fairies steal ass. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "âne". |
| F365.6 | Fairies steal cattle (pig). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F365.7 | Fairies steal cooking. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F322 | Fairies steal man's wife and carry her to fairyland. *Krappe études 131 n. 2; Hartland Science 133; *Krappe Revue Celtique XLVIII 94ff.; *Cross and Hitze Lancelot and Guenevere 31ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Scotland: Macdougall and Calder 267, Baughman; England: Wells 128 (Sir Orfeo). |
| F365.5 | Fairies steal pieces as mortal plays draughts with fairy woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F241.1.7 | Fairies steal stalks of hemp and turn them into horses. (Cf. D449.5.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| F365.8 | Fairies steal wool. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F365 | Fairies steal. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "stjæle" III 576a; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland: *Baughman. |
| F302.3.1.2 | Fairies stop ship to entice man to their land. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F372.1 | Fairies take human midwife to attend fairy woman. (Cf. F333.) *Hartland Science 37—92; *Fb "jordemoder"; *BP I 367; Wentz Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries (London, 1911) 49f., 54, 131, 140, 175, 182; Tobler 76.—English: Child I 358ff. No. 40, II 505f., III 505f., IV 459a, V 215b, 290b; Scottish: J. G. Campbell Superstitions 147; England, Scotland, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Göngu Hrуlfs saga 275ff.; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 44 No. 41; Danish: Feilberg DF V 69ff., Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 330ff., (1928) 210ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "sage-femme", "fées"; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F372 | Fairies take human nurse to attend fairy child. Irish myth: *Cross; English: *Child I 358 No. 40; England, Scotland: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nourrice". |
| F329.3 | Fairies take persons up in air in chariots for a fortnight or a month. The lost are finally found in fields bereft of sense and with one of the members missing. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F361.9 | Fairies take revenge for being dishonored. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F361.10 | Fairies take revenge for being teased. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3693. |
| F361.13 | Fairies take revenge for cheating. England: Baughman. |
| F361.12 | Fairies take revenge on mortals who destroy their homes. Irish myth: *Cross; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F361.7 | Fairies take revenge on mortals who hold their king captive. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F361.3 | Fairies take revenge on person who spies on them. Spy uses magic salve on one eye. Fairies tear out the eye. Hartland Science 66ff.; Jacob's list s.v. "Fairy salve".—Irish: Cross, E. Andrews Ulster Folklore (New York, 1919) 66f.; Welsh: Rhys Celtic Folklore I 63, 98f., 198, 213, 220—228, 241f., 292; English: FLJ II 154; Icelandic: Rittershaus 303; Färoe: Jiriczek Zs. f. Vksk. II 13 No. 14; Danish: Thiele DF II 202f.; German: Meyer Germanen 182; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3276f.; Legends Nos. 429, 431, 433, 438ff., 442, 444, 447; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 47 No. 388; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 2; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F361.17.2 | Fairies take revenge on smith who disturbs them in the smithy when he returns after dark to get medicine. Ireland: Baughman. |
| F361.4 | Fairies take revenge on trespassers on ground they claim as theirs. *Fb "stald" III 534ab; Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 191; Scotland, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F262.2 | Fairies teach bagpipe-playing. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 175. |
| F345.1 | Fairies teach mortal to walk under water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F361.11 | Fairies threaten watcher of sheep. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3696. |
| F363.6 | Fairies tickle mortals to death. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F239.1 | Fairies tied together by hair. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| F282.1 | Fairies travel in eddies of wind. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F282 | Fairies travel through air. |
| 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. |
| F235.6 | Fairies visible through magic ring. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 47, Cross. |
| F235.3 | Fairies visible to one person alone. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Sir Launfal (Ritson ed.) line 501. |
| F266 | Fairies warm themselves. Fb "ovn" II 774b; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 56 No. 481. |
| F271.9 | Fairies wash their clothes: they are heard only at this task. England: *Baughman. |
| F236.6 | Fairies wear gay clothing. England: Baughman. |
| F236.5.1 | Fairies wear patched coats. England: Baughman. |
| F262.7 | Fairies whistle. England: Baughman. |
| F329.4 | Fairies who stay with mortals. See also F321.1. Changeling. |
| F381.9 | Fairies will not approach when dogs are present. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F236.3 | Fairies with belts and hats. Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F231.2.1 | Fairies with bird feet. *Gaster Germania XXV 290ff. |
| F236.4 | Fairies with gold crowns on head. Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F236.3.2 | Fairies with red caps. (Cf. F451.2.7.1, F460.1.4.2.) England, Ireland, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F236.3.1 | Fairies with three-cornered hats. England: Baughman. |
| F232.3 | Fairies with unusually large ears. Tobler 63. |
| F271.4 | Fairies work on cloth. |
| F364.2 | Fairies wrestle with mortals. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F390 | Fairies—miscellaneous motifs. |
| F363.1 | Fairies, directed by druid, bring about death of king by causing fish-bone to stick in his throat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241 | Fairies' animals. |
| F243.1 | Fairies' bread. Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "pain". |
| 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. |
| F242 | Fairies' conveyances. |
| 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. |
| F243.5 | Fairies' food gives immortality. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F243 | Fairies' food. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.1.8.2 | Fairies' horses are of normal size. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F241.1.4 | Fairies' horses have round shoes. Fb "hestesko" IV 213b. |
| F241.1.8.1 | Fairies' horses the size of greyhounds. Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.1.2.1 | Fairies' horses water at peasant's well. *Fb "hest" I 599a. |
| F241.1 | Fairies' horses. Howey 2; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Wales: Baughman. |
| F241.1.2.2 | Fairies' mare foals every year on first of May. Wales: Baughman. |
| F245 | Fairies' musical instruments. |
| F278 | Fairies' strategy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F244 | Fairies' treasure. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F222.1.1 | Fairies' underground palace cannot be burned by fire nor destroyed by water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F222.1 | Fairies' underground palace. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 10. |
| F365.4 | Fairy (bonga) steals part of crop. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K232.2.1 | Fairy (god?) loses stronghold by consenting to lend it for "a day and a night." Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F585.0.1 | Fairy (god) as phantom. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F302.3.1.4 | Fairy abducts whomever she falls in love with. (Cf. F320.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F347 | Fairy adviser. Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 199, 223; Icelandic: *Boberg; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 14f. |
| F349.2 | Fairy aids mortal in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F349.1 | Fairy aids mortal in flight. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.0.1 | Fairy animal hunted. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F393.2 | Fairy appears to mortal each Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F255.4 | Fairy army can go among mortals only on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F252.3 | Fairy army. Irish myth: *Cross. |
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