μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairies' horses.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Possessions of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F241.1

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • general Howey 2
  • general England, Scotland, Wales: Baughman.
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Filed under Fairies' animals.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Fairy cavalcade Color of fairies' horses Behavior of fairies' horses Fairies ride on three-legged horses Fairies' horses have round shoes Fairy's horse becomes invisible Fairy horse pulls chariot by pole which passes through his body Fairies steal stalks of hemp and turn them into horses. (Cf. D449.5.) Size of fairies' horses
Filed beside it
Fairy animal hunted Fairies' cows. (Cf. F460.2.9.) Hogs follow fairies Goats follow fairies Fairies have herds of deer Fairy dogs Fairies have sheep Fairies have poultry

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