Fairy steals child from cradle — Mythoi

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Fairy steals child from cradle.

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

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Lappish Qvigstad FFC LX 43 No. 35
India Thompson-Balys.
general Hartland Science 98–106 passim

Within the index

Filed under Fairies carry people away to fairyland.

6 finer motifs beneath 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 Charms against theft of children by fairies 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

Filed beside it

Fairies steal man's wife and carry her to fairyland Fairy women take body of dead hero to fairyland Girl abducted by fairy Fairies kidnap boy when he breaks tabu by going outside mansion under earth before 12 years Fairy father carries off child of mortal mother Family carried away to fairyland as part of bargain Fairies entice people into their domain Other fairy abductions

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