Fairies heal mortals

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Fairies heal mortals.

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

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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 myth*Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Gifts from fairies.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Fairies remove hunchback's hump (or replace it)Fairy physician can heal anyone whose spine is not severed Fairies give man white powder to cure mortals, replenish his supply whenever needed

Filed beside it

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

Travels with

Fairy physician abducted to heal wounded mortals. (Cf. F344.)

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