Fairies comb children's hair

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Fairies comb children's hair.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Fairies and human children. · view the constellation · filed as F313

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general *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b.

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

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