Fairies guard giants' treasures. (Cf. N570.) — Mythoi

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Fairies guard giants' treasures. (Cf. N570.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Possessions of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F244.6

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England Baughman.

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Filed under Fairies' treasure.

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"The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann" (fairies?) Fairy shows hiding place of treasure in return for freedom. (Cf. N538.) Fairy fetches mortals to remove treasure hidden by ghosts in their lifetimes. (Cf. N510.) Fairies scare treasure-seeker away from hoard. They get bigger and bigger, and cause violent storms until seeker leaves. Cf. D2141.0.2 Fairies dig for treasure

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Guardian of treasure

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