μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fairies take human nurse to attend fairy child.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Visit to fairyland. · view the constellation · filed as F372

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • English *Child I 358 No. 40
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "nourrice".
  • general England, Scotland: Baughman
Within the index

Filed under Visit to fairyland.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Fairies take human midwife to attend fairy woman. (Cf. F333.) Fairies seek human godparent
Filed beside it
Human being reared in fairyland 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
Carried in tale types

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