μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairy lover.

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

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Filed under Marriage or liaison with fairy.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Summoning fairy lover Fairy lover entices mortal girl Girl goes to fairyland and marries fairy Tasks set maid by elfin knight before she can marry him 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
Filed beside it
Giants guard fairy princess from mortal man Husband pursues fairy wife to heaven Fairy mistress. Mortal man marries or lives with fairy woman Wedding of mortal and fairy Sexual relations with fairy Offspring of fairy and mortal
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic sword protects woman from fairy lover in husband's absence. (Cf. D1081, F301.) House spirit as suitor. (Cf. F301.)

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