Supernatural lapse of time in fairyland. Years seem days

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Supernatural lapse of time in fairyland. Years seem days.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Visit to fairyland. · view the constellation · filed as F377

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Scholars’ trail — 11references

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.

LithuanianBalys Legends No. 585
India*Thompson-Balys
JapaneseAnesaki 265, Ikeda
KoryakJochelson JE VI 280
Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 157, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 185, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 177.
general *Hartland Science 161–195
general Jacobs's list s. v. "Time flies"
general *Child I 321 n.
general *Burnham PMLA XXIII 394 n. 2
general Fb "glemme" IV 181a. – Irish myth: *Cross
general England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales: Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Visit to fairyland.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Supernatural lapse of time in paradise Year seems few hours in otherworld

Filed beside 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 Tabus connected with trip to fairyland. (Cf. F348.5, F361.3.)Fairy visits – miscellaneous

Travels with

Water-spirits have supernatural lapse of time: days seem like years. (Cf. F377.)

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