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

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXV
Literary CrystallizationFour 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 CrystallizationUlysses, 8 Lestrygonians

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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
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

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

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