Body of fairy — Mythoi

Motif

Body of fairy.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LXVIILXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part II — CHAPTER VI

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.

IrishBeal XXI 324.

Within the index

Filed under Appearance of fairies.

8 finer motifs beneath it

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 Elves have only half a thumb Fairy has long tail. (Cf. F460.1.5, F518.)

Filed beside it

Fairy's limbs Color of fairy. (Cf. F236.)Transformed fairy Visibility of fairies Dress of fairies. (Cf. F233.)Fairies in disguise Fairies are naked. (Cf. F420.1.6.7.)Appearance of fairies – miscellaneous

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