Tasks set maid by elfin knight before she can marry him

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Tasks set maid by elfin knight before she can marry him.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Marriage or liaison with fairy. · view the constellation · filed as F301.4

Filed across the traditions

English Child I 15ff.

Within the index

Filed under Fairy lover.

Filed beside it

Summoning fairy lover Fairy lover entices mortal girl Girl goes to fairyland and marries fairy Elf-knight entices maiden away and kills her Fairy lover abducts fairy wife of mortal Girl goes to see her fairy lover on certain nights Fairy runs away from wedding with mortal girl

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