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Fairies remove hunchback's hump (or replace it).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Gifts from fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F344.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "bossu"
  • general *Type 503
  • general BP III 324ff.
  • general RTP I 129, 186, III 582, V 690, VIII 549, IX 285, X 124, XX 389, XXII 79, XXVII 490
  • general Clouston Tales I 352
  • general FL XIX 324ff. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 205ff.
  • general cf. Japanese: Mitford 191ff., Ikeda.
Within the index

Filed under Fairies heal mortals.

Filed beside it
Fairy physician can heal anyone whose spine is not severed Fairies give man white powder to cure mortals, replenish his supply whenever needed
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic object causes humps to appear on back. (Cf. F344.1.)
Carried in tale types

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