Fairy as herdsman.
Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Behavior of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F271.6
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XXXIVXXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis
- WelshThe Mabinogion, KILHWCH AND OLWENKILHWCH AND OLWEN
- GreekHesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica, THE THEOGONY
- GreekThe Iliad, Book 10
- Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit)The Hymns of the Rigveda, 6.19
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.