Fairy is tiny — Mythoi

Motif

Fairy is tiny.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Appearance of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F239.4.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Finnish The Kalevala , Rune XXV
Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , The Tempest Act 5
Literary Crystallization Ulysses , 8 Lestrygonians

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
general England, Scotland: Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Size of fairies.

Filed beside it

Fairies are the same size as mortals Fairies are the size of small children

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Wood-spirit tiny. (Cf. F239.4.3, F535.) Dwarfs are small. (Cf. F239.4.3, F441.5.1.)

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