Mortal chooses to sleep with fairy as boon for saving her life

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Mortal chooses to sleep with fairy as boon for saving her life.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Marriage or liaison with fairy. · view the constellation · filed as F304.5

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Sexual relations with fairy.

Filed beside it

Fairy king punishes ravisher of his daughter Fairy queen's beauty temporarily destroyed by intercourse with mortal Beautiful woman found in bed with man after he has plugged keyholes to keep elves out Mortal violates fairy woman Fée carried off by mortal

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Fairy grateful to mortal for saving his life. (Cf. F304.5.)

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