Fairies dance with youth till he dies (or goes insane)

Motif

Fairies dance with youth till he dies (or goes insane).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Marriage or liaison with fairy. · view the constellation · filed as F302.3.4.2

Cited in the index

general *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b.

Within the index

Filed under Fairies entice men and then harm them.

1 finer motif beneath it

Pixies win dancing contest with man

Filed beside it

Fairy kisses man Fairy wooes and deserts man Fairy takes lover back to fairyland in magic sleep Fairies fall in love with prince and charm him into a deathlike sleep

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