Elves have only half a thumb

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Elves have only half a thumb.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Appearance of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F232.7

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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.

EnglandBaughman.

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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 Fairies as giants Fairy has long tail. (Cf. F460.1.5, F518.)

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