Fairy mistress surrenders man to his mortal wife (Wildfrau)

Motif

Fairy mistress surrenders man to his mortal wife (Wildfrau).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Marriage or liaison with fairy. · view the constellation · filed as F302.5.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra (whole saga).
general *Heltzel Philological Quarterly VIII (1930) 348

Within the index

Filed under Fairy mistress and mortal wife.

1 finer motif beneath it

Bonga girl (fairy) surrenders man to his mortal wife if he will name first daughter after her

Filed beside it

Man deserts wife for fairy Fairy mistress transforms man's human wife. (Cf. F302.3.2.2.) Man loses luck when he leaves fairy wife for mortal Fairy mistress demands that man send his mortal wife away Fairy mistress tries to destroy mortal's wife (mother) by sending her a magic belt

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