Fairy predicts birth of child — Mythoi

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Fairy predicts birth of child.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Fairies and human children. · view the constellation · filed as F315

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "naissance".

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Filed under Fairies and human children.

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

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