μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairies have hollow backs.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Appearance of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F232.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish-Swedish *Wessman 48 Nos. 394, 438.
  • general *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "ellepige" I 242a
  • general Elisabeth Hartmann Die Trollvorstellungen in der Sagen und Märchen der skandinavischen Völker (Stuttgart, 1936) 38
Within the index

Filed under Body of fairy.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Fairies have huge hole in each armpit Fairy has back rough like pine cone
Filed beside it
Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders Fairies with unusually large ears Fairies have long hair Fairies have hairy bodies Fairies as giants Elves have only half a thumb Fairy has long tail. (Cf. F460.1.5, F518.)

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