Fairies as giants

Motif

Fairies as giants.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Appearance of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F232.6

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Body of fairy.

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Fairies have hollow backs Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders Fairies with unusually large ears Fairies have long hair Fairies have hairy bodies Elves have only half a thumb Fairy has long tail. (Cf. F460.1.5, F518.)

Travels with

Wood-spirit gigantic. (Cf. F232.6, F531.)

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