Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by playing for their dance — Mythoi

Motif

Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by playing for their dance.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Grateful fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F331.4

Cited in the index

general *Type 503
general BP III 324ff.
general *Fb "spille" III 488b
general Hartland Science 180.

Within the index

Filed under Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their sport.

Filed beside it

Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their dance Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by letting them cut his hair and shave him Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their song and completing it by adding the names of the days of the week

Carried in tale types

The Gifts of the Little People · ATU 503 1 recorded variant

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