Fairies as souls of departed. (Cf. E700.)

Motif

Fairies as souls of departed. (Cf. E700.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Other characteristics of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F251.2

Scholars’ trail — 3 references (open)

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.

Slavic Máchal 256ff.
general Hartland Science 132f.
general von Sydow F ochF XIII–XIV

Within the index

Filed under Origin of fairies.

Filed beside it

Fairies as descendants of early race of gods Unbaptized children as fairies Underworld people from children which Eve hid from God Fairies as sprites who have been given immortality Fairies as fallen angels Fairies as demons Fairy professes faith in Christianity Fairy gives instructions on means of reaching heaven Fairies are not the children of Adam Fairies are people not good enough for heaven but not bad enough for hell Fairies are druids Fairies are Welsh women cursed by St. Patrick for rebuking him because he left Wales for Ireland Fairies are outlaws hiding out

Travels with

The Soul

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