Charms against theft of children by fairies

Motif

Charms against theft of children by fairies.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Fairies carry people away to fairyland. · view the constellation · filed as F321.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 40 No. 22
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 117 No. 22.
general Fb "forbytte" I 337b
general Wales, Scotland: *Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Fairy steals child from cradle.

Filed beside it

Child sold to fairies Changeling. Fairy steals child from cradle and leaves fairy substitute. Changeling is usually mature and only seems to be a child Man goes to fairyland and rescues stolen child. (Cf. F322.2.) Beggar returns to his mother child stolen by fairies Fairies appear in house and offer to dance with child

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