μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Irish mythCross.
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Filed under Fairy mistress. Mortal man marries or lives with fairy woman.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Man shoots into wreath of mist and brings down fairy. She becomes his wifeFairy comes into man's power when he steals her wings (clothes). She leaves when she finds themHero fights with fairy person, takes his wife and keeps her (for a year)Man binds fairy and forces her to marry him
Filed beside it
Bonga mistressMan goes to fairyland and marries fairyMan marries fairy and takes her to his homeFairy wooes mortal manFairy mistress and mortal wifeFairy mistress leaves man when he breaks tabuFairy mistress prophesies mortal lover's fate in battleFairy mistress demands mortal lover deny Christian teachingsFairy mistress rescues hero from battleMan to have fairy wife for only seven yearsPrince married to a she-monkey (really queen of the fairies)

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