Theft of cup (drinking horn) from fairies

Motif

Theft of cup (drinking horn) from fairies.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Theft from fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F352

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

IcelandicHerrmann Saxo II 590, *Boberg
Finnish-SwedishWessman 65 No. 559.
general Fb "guldhorn" I 513
general Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 206ff., (1928) 144ff.

Within the index

Filed under Theft from fairies.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Theft of cup (drinking horn) from fairies when they offer mortal drink Theft of vessel from water-deity

Filed beside it

Theft of money from fairies Kettle borrowed from fairies and not returned. (Cf. F343.17.)Fairy's ornament snatched King's crown stolen from fairyland Fairy cattle (bull, cow) stolen Unsuccessful attempt to steal fairy necklace Money borrowed from the fairies and not returned on time Theft from fairies – miscellaneous

Travels with

Magic object taken from barrow. (Cf. E461.1, F352.)

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