Fairies cause disease

Motif

Fairies cause disease.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies). · view the constellation · filed as F362

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Norse MacCulloch Eddic 225
Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges.
general Kittredge Witchcraft 33, 147, cf. 218

Within the index

Filed under Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies).

4 finer motifs beneath it

Fairies cause blindness Fairies cause insanity Fairies cause weakness Fairy causes mutilation (injury)

Filed beside it

Malevolent or hostile beings in otherworld Fairies pursue unbaptized children Fairy's revenge 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Fairies mutilate mortals. (Cf. F362.)

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