Fairies adopt human child

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Fairies adopt human child.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Fairies and human children. · view the constellation · filed as F311

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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EnglishWells 32 (Layamon's Brut).

Within the index

Filed under Fairies and human children.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Fairy godmother. Attendant good fairy Fairy foster-father. Guardian to mortal Fairy foster-mother. (Cf. P270.)

Filed beside it

Fairy presides at child's birth. Sometimes the Norns, the Fates, etc Fairies comb children's hair Fairy predicts birth of child Fairy lays curse on child. (Cf. F312.1.1.)Fairy predicts future greatness of newborn child

Travels with

Fairy rescues abandoned child. (Cf. F311.)

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