μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairy gold. Fairies give coals (wood, earth) that turns to gold.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Gifts from fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F342.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 2
  • Finnish-Swedish Wessman 47 No. 388
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends No. 434, Index No. *771, 3648
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 503
  • general BP I 366, III 324ff.
  • general Hartland Science 57
  • general Fb "kul" II 326b, "guld" I 512, "hövlspån" I 762, "jord" II 45b. England: Baughman
Within the index

Filed under Fairies give mortal money.

Filed beside it
Man borrows money from fairy (dwarf, devil). When the man brings the money back, he learns that the fairy was killed by thunder. He keeps the money
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Fairy gifts turn to paper when shown. (Cf. F342.1, F348.0.1.)
Carried in tale types

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