μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man obtains power over fairy mistress.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Marriage or liaison with fairy. · view the constellation · filed as F302.4

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
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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 wife Fairy comes into man's power when he steals her wings (clothes). She leaves when she finds them Hero 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 mistress Man goes to fairyland and marries fairy Man marries fairy and takes her to his home Fairy wooes mortal man Fairy mistress and mortal wife Fairy mistress leaves man when he breaks tabu Fairy mistress prophesies mortal lover's fate in battle Fairy mistress demands mortal lover deny Christian teachings Fairy mistress rescues hero from battle Man to have fairy wife for only seven years Prince married to a she-monkey (really queen of the fairies)

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