μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Visit to fairyland.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Visit to fairyland. · view the constellation · filed as F370

Filed across the traditions
  • Danish Feilberg DF V 55ff.
  • Norwegian Solheim Register 18f.
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general BP II 329. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index
9 finer motifs beneath it
Human being reared in fairyland Fairies take human nurse to attend fairy child Mortal abandons world to live in fairyland Longing in fairyland to visit home Mortals as captives in fairyland Mortal as servant in fairyland Supernatural lapse of time in fairyland. Years seem days Tabus connected with trip to fairyland. (Cf. F348.5, F361.3.) Fairy visits – miscellaneous

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