Fairies steal man's wife and carry her to fairyland

Motif

Fairies steal man's wife and carry her to fairyland.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Fairies carry people away to fairyland. · view the constellation · filed as F322

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Scotland Macdougall and Calder 267, Baughman
England Wells 128 (Sir Orfeo).
general *Krappe Études 131 n. 2
general Hartland Science 133
general *Krappe Revue Celtique XLVIII 94ff.
general *Cross and Hitze Lancelot and Guenevere 31ff.

Within the index

Filed under Fairies carry people away to fairyland.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Woman carried off by water-fairy Changeling bride. Fairies steal bride and leave a substitute Man rescues his wife from fairyland. (Cf. F321.3.) Stolen mother returns from fairyland each Sunday to minister to her children Abducted bride hidden in fairyland Rescue from fairyland

Filed beside it

Fairy steals child from cradle 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Trolls carry off people. (Cf. F320, F322.)

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