μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairyland under hollow knoll. Usually entered under roots of trees.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairyland. · view the constellation · filed as F211

Filed across the traditions
  • 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.
  • general Fb "træ" III 866b
  • general Hartland Science 67, 108, 144ff., 155
  • general Patch PMLA XXXIII 612f. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Fairyland.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Prehistoric burial mounds as dwellings of fairies Contrast between people of the fairy mounds and inhabitants of the Land of Promise Entrance to fairyland through door in knoll Fairyland entrance under stone Fairies live under earth
Filed beside it
Tabu: fighting battle in fairyland Fairyland under water Fairyland on island Trolls (fairies) live in range of hills Fairies live in star-world. (Cf. F205.) Fairies live in forest Congregating places of fairies Other dwelling places of fairies

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