μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairy mistress and mortal wife.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Marriage or liaison with fairy. · view the constellation · filed as F302.5

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Filed under Fairy mistress. Mortal man marries or lives with fairy woman.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Man deserts wife for fairy Fairy mistress surrenders man to his mortal wife (Wildfrau) 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
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 Man obtains power over fairy mistress 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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