Brownie (Redcap, Redcomb, Bloody Cap) murders travelers, catches their blood in his cap

Motif

Brownie (Redcap, Redcomb, Bloody Cap) murders travelers, catches their blood in his cap.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies). · view the constellation · filed as F363.2

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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.

EnglandBaughman.

Within the index

Filed under Fairies cause death. (Cf. F364.1.)

Filed beside it

Fairies, directed by druid, bring about death of king by causing fish-bone to stick in his throat Sight of fairies fatal Fairy's look burns mortal to ashes Fairy calls her victim only once or twice Fairies tickle mortals to death

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