Fairy warriors sit upon mortals and thus kill them

Motif

Fairy warriors sit upon mortals and thus kill them.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies). · view the constellation · filed as F364.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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Irish myth*Cross.

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Filed under War between fairies and mortals.

Filed beside it

Fairies wrestle with mortals War between fairies and giants

Travels with

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

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