Fairy unable to cross running stream

Motif

Fairy unable to cross running stream.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Fairies and mortals. · Defeating or ridding oneself of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F383.2

Cited in the index

general Hartland Science 144
general England, U.S.: Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Fairy rendered powerless.

Filed beside it

Fairy unable to pass cross-roads Fairy unable to cross plowed ground Fairy must leave at cockcrow Transformed fairy warriors disenchanted when attacked

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Devil cannot follow man over running water. (Cf. F383.2, G273.4.)

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