Fairy women take body of dead hero to fairyland

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Fairy women take body of dead hero to fairyland.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Fairies carry people away to fairyland. · view the constellation · filed as F323

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Fairies carry people away to fairyland.

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Fairy steals child from cradle Fairies steal man's wife and carry her 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.)

Avalon. (Cf. F323.) Happy otherworld where dead are healed

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