μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • English*Child I 358 No. 40
  • BretonSébillot 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 fairylandMortal abandons world to live in fairylandLonging in fairyland to visit homeMortals as captives in fairylandMortal as servant in fairylandSupernatural lapse of time in fairyland. Years seem daysTabus connected with trip to fairyland. (Cf. F348.5, F361.3.)Fairy visits – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

wander