μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairies' cows. (Cf. F460.2.9.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Possessions of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F241.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 57**
  • Finnish-Swedish Wessman 51 Nos. 430–434.
Within the index

Filed under Fairies' animals.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Color of fairies' cows Fairies' cattle become invisible Fairies' cattle under a lake Fairy cattle graze on earth on Hallowe'en Woman (fairy) lives only on milk from fairy cow
Filed beside it
Fairy animal hunted Fairies' horses Hogs follow fairies Goats follow fairies Fairies have herds of deer Fairy dogs Fairies have sheep Fairies have poultry
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Cow whose milk "tastes of honey and intoxicating wine and the satisfaction of good food." (Cf. B19.2, B182, F241.2.) Huldra have cattle. (Cf. F241.2.)

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