Fairies give mortal money

Motif

Fairies give mortal money.

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

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross
EnglishWells (Sir Launfal)
BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "bourse"
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3594.
general Hartland Science 39, 53, 56

Within the index

Filed under Gifts from fairies.

2 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Parting fairies leave gifts for newborn princess Fairies give fulfillment of wishes Other presents from fairies Fairies heal mortals Fairies instructs mortals Fairy helps mortal with labor Fairy adviser Tabus connected with fairy gifts Gifts from fairies – miscellaneous

Travels with

Water-spirits give gifts to mortals. (Cf. F342, F451.5.1.5.)

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