Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies)

Motif

Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies). · view the constellation · filed as F360

Filed across the traditions

Irish *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 62, Beal XXI 324
Icelandic Boberg, Papua: Ker 73.
general Saintyves Perrault 83ff.

Within the index

11 finer motifs beneath it

Malevolent or hostile beings in otherworld Fairies pursue unbaptized children Fairy's revenge Fairies cause disease Fairies cause death. (Cf. F364.1.) War between fairies and mortals Fairies steal Fairies abuse livestock Destructive fairy drink. Upon returning to earth mortal pours out drink which had been offered by fairies. It burns up whatever it touches Human beings as game in fairy hunt Malevolent fairies – miscellaneous

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