Charms against theft of children by fairies

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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

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross
FinnishAarne FFC XXXIII 40 No. 22
EstonianAarne FFC XXV 117 No. 22.
general Fb "forbytte" I 337b
general Wales, Scotland: *Baughman

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Filed under Fairy steals child from cradle.

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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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