μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Destructive fairy drink. Upon returning to earth mortal pours out drink which had been offered by fairies. It burns up whatever it touches.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies). · view the constellation · filed as F367

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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.

  • general Hartland Science 144.
Within the index

Filed under Malevolent or destructive fairies (= pixies).

Filed beside it
Malevolent or hostile beings in otherworldFairies pursue unbaptized childrenFairy's revengeFairies cause diseaseFairies cause death. (Cf. F364.1.)War between fairies and mortalsFairies stealFairies abuse livestockHuman beings as game in fairy huntMalevolent fairies – miscellaneous

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