Mortality of fairies

Motif

Mortality of fairies.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Other characteristics of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F259.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Within the index

Filed under Characteristics of fairies – miscellaneous.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Fairies kill each other Fairy becomes mortal Fairy dies of longing for fairyland Fairies immortal

Filed beside it

Fairies freed from disgrace by bathing in blood of enemy Fairy reveals her true identity when despite heavy rain she remains dry

Travels with

Mortal characteristics of fairies. (Cf. F259.1.)

wander