Marvels

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• Fairies' underground palace. F222.1
• Fairies' underground palace cannot be burned by fire nor destroyed by water. F222.1.1
• Fairy stronghold. F222.2
• Fairy castle of glass. F222.3
• Fairy hall. F223
• Shining bower on a pillar for fée in otherworld. F224
• Fairy lives in a shell. F225
• Appearance of fairies. F230
• Fairy's limbs. F231
• Fairy's arms. F231.1
• Fairy's iron arms. F231.1.1
• Fairy's feet. F231.2
• Fairies with bird feet. F231.2.1
• Body of fairy. F232
• Fairies have hollow backs. F232.1
• Fairies have huge hole in each armpit. F232.1.1
• Fairy has back rough like pine cone. F232.1.2
• Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders. F232.2
• Fairies with unusually large ears. F232.3
• Fairies have long hair. F232.4
• Fairy as a small pretty girl with blond hair. F232.4.1
• Fairy princess with golden hair. F232.4.2
• Fairies have hairy bodies. F232.5
• Fairies as giants. F232.6
• Elves have only half a thumb. F232.7
• Fairy has long tail. (Cf. F460.1.5, F518.) F232.8
• Color of fairy. (Cf. F236.) F233
• Green fairy. F233.1
• Fairy has one side green. F233.1.1
• Silver-colored fairy. F233.2
• Red fairy. F233.3
• Fairy has red eyes. F233.3.1
• Fairy's son is pale, dark, and ugly. F233.4
• Fairies have yellow (golden) hair (clothing). F233.5
• Fairy king with yellow hair. F233.5.1
• Fairies fair (fine, white). F233.6
• Fairies are multicolored. F233.7
• Fairies are brown and hairy. (Cf. F232.5.) F233.8
• Fairies are black. F233.9
• Gray-bearded fairy. F233.10
• Transformed fairy. F234
• Fairy transforms self. F234.0.1
• Fairy as shape-shifter. F234.0.2
• Fairy in form of an animal. F234.1
• Fairy in form of giant animal. F234.1.0.1
• Fairy in form of cow (bull). F234.1.1
• Fairy in form of goat. F234.1.2
• Fairy in form of swine. F234.1.3
• Fairy in form of wild boar. F234.1.3.1
• Fairy in form of stag. F234.1.4
• Fairy in form of doe. F234.1.4.1
• Fairy in form of toad. F234.1.5
• Fairy in form of frog. F234.1.6
• Fairy in form of worm (snake, serpent). F234.1.7
• Fairy in form of horse. F234.1.8
• Fairy in form of dog. F234.1.9
• Fairy in form of lapdog. F234.1.9.1
• Fairy in form of greyhound. F234.1.9.2
• Fairy in form of eel. F234.1.10
• Fairy in form of sheep. F234.1.11
• Fairy in form of hare. F234.1.12
• Fairy in form of wolf. F234.1.13
• Fairy in form of weasel. F234.1.14
• Fairy in form of bird. F234.1.15
• Fairy as swan. F234.1.15.1
• Fairy in form of dove. F234.1.15.2
• Fairy in form of sparrow. F234.1.15.3
• Fairy in form of drake. F234.1.15.4
• Fairy in form of insect. F234.1.16
• Fairy in form of fly. F234.1.16.1
• Fairy in form of moth. F234.1.16.2
• Fairy in form of ant. F234.1.16.3
• Fairy in form of person. F234.2
• Fairy in form of hag. F234.2.1
• Fairy in hideous form. F234.2.2
• Fairy as headless woman. F234.2.3
• Fairy in likeness of another. (Cf. F239.2.) F234.2.4
• Clerics mistaken for fairies. F234.2.4.1
• Fairy in form of beautiful young woman. F234.2.5
• Fairy as messenger from fairyland. F234.2.6
• Fairy as guide to fairyland. F234.2.7
• Fairy assumes shape of woman and frequents bazaars. F234.2.8
• Fairy in form of object. F234.3
• Fairy disappears in form of a cloud. F234.3.1
• Bonga girl (fairy) appears as flame. F234.3.2
• Fairy in form of a bundle of rags. F234.3.3
• Transformed fairy – miscellaneous. F234.4
• Horse used by mortal under fairy spell changes to gray cat. F234.4.1
• Visibility of fairies. F235
• Fairies invisible. F235.1
• Fairies visible only at certain times. F235.2
• Fairies visible only at night. F235.2.1
• Fairies visible only at noonday. F235.2.2
• Fairies visible to one person alone. F235.3
• Fairies made visible through use of magic object. F235.4
• Fairies made visible through use of ointment. (Cf. E361.3.) F235.4.1
• Fairies made visible through use of magic soap. F235.4.2
• Fairies made visible through use of magic stone on eyes. F235.4.3
• Fairies made visible through use of magic water. F235.4.4
• Fairies made visible through the use of saliva. F235.4.5
• Fairies made visible when one carries four-leaf clover. (Cf. D1323.14.) F235.4.6
• Fairies made visible by stepping on certain spot. F235.5
• Fairies made visible by standing on another's foot. F235.5.1
• Fairies made visible when person steps into fairy ring. (Cf. F218, F261.1.) F235.5.2
• Fairies visible through magic ring. F235.6
• Fairies seen as dark shadows. F235.7
• Fairies lose power of invisibility. F235.8
• Fairies lose power of invisibility if mortals gain knowledge of their secret. (Cf. F361.3.) F235.8.1
• Fairies made visible by looking with left eye. F235.8.2
• Fairies made visible when person walks three times around field where cows are grazing at night. (Cf. D1791.) F235.9
• Dress of fairies. (Cf. F233.) F236
• Ill-dressed otherworld person. F236.0.1
• Color of fairy's clothes. F236.1
• Fairies in red clothes. F236.1.1
• Fairies in blue clothes. F236.1.2
• Fairies in white clothes. F236.1.3
• Fairies in gray clothes. F236.1.4
• Fairies in gleaming clothes. F236.1.5
• Fairy in green clothes. F236.1.6
• Fairy wears multi-colored dress. F236.1.7
• Fairies in long robes. F236.2
• Fairies with belts and hats. F236.3
• Fairies with three-cornered hats. F236.3.1
• Fairies with red caps. (Cf. F451.2.7.1, F460.1.4.2.) F236.3.2
• Fairy wears sugar-loaf hat. F236.3.3
• Fairies with gold crowns on head. F236.4
• Fairy wears boorish clothes. F236.5
• Fairies wear patched coats. F236.5.1
• Fairies wear gay clothing. F236.6
• Fairies in disguise. F237
• Fairies are naked. (Cf. F420.1.6.7.) F238
• Appearance of fairies – miscellaneous. F239
• Fairies tied together by hair. F239.1
• Fairy women identical in form and feature. (Cf. F234.2.4.) F239.2
• Fairy breathes fire. F239.3
• Size of fairies. F239.4
• Fairies are the same size as mortals. F239.4.1
• Fairies are the size of small children. F239.4.2
• Fairy is tiny. F239.4.3
• Elves have faces of wrinkled old men. F239.5
• Fairy's tears pearls. F239.6
• Possessions of fairies. F240
• Fairies' animals. F241
• Fairy animal hunted. F241.0.1
• Fairies' horses. F241.1
• Fairy cavalcade. F241.1.0.1
• Color of fairies' horses. F241.1.1
• Fairies ride white horses. F241.1.1.1
• Fairies ride dapple-gray horses. F241.1.1.2
• Blue, red, yellow horses in fairyland. F241.1.1.3
• Fairies ride cream-colored horses. F241.1.1.4
• Behavior of fairies' horses. F241.1.2
• Fairies' horses water at peasant's well. F241.1.2.1
• Fairies' mare foals every year on first of May. F241.1.2.2
• Fairies ride on three-legged horses. F241.1.3
• Fairy horse one-legged. F241.1.3.1
• Fairies' horses have round shoes. F241.1.4
• Fairy's horse becomes invisible. F241.1.5
• Fairy horse pulls chariot by pole which passes through his body. F241.1.6
• Fairies steal stalks of hemp and turn them into horses. (Cf. D449.5.) F241.1.7
• Size of fairies' horses. F241.1.8
• Fairies' horses the size of greyhounds. F241.1.8.1
• Fairies' horses are of normal size. F241.1.8.2
• Fairies' cows. (Cf. F460.2.9.) F241.2
• Color of fairies' cows. F241.2.1
• Fairies have red cows. F241.2.1.1
• Fairies' cattle become invisible. F241.2.2
• Fairies' cattle under a lake. F241.2.3
• Fairy cattle graze on earth on Hallowe'en. F241.2.4
• Woman (fairy) lives only on milk from fairy cow. F241.2.5
• Hogs follow fairies. F241.3
• Spirit owns herds of pigs. F241.3.1
• Goats follow fairies. F241.4
• Fairies have herds of deer. F241.5
• Fairies own herd of ibexes. F241.5.1
• Fairy dogs. F241.6
• Fairies have sheep. F241.7
• Fairies have poultry. F241.8
• Fairies' conveyances. F242
• Fairy car. F242.1
• Fairy car becomes invisible. F242.1.1
• Fairy chariot rides waves. F242.1.2
• Fairy chariot of precious metal. F242.1.3
• Glass car. F242.1.4
• Fairy boat. F242.2
• Glass boat for fairy. F242.2.1
• Fairy boat of bronze. (Cf. F841.1.2.) F242.2.2
• Fairy boat from flax-stem. F242.2.3
• Fairies' food. F243
• Christianized fairy woman refuses to eat fairy food. F243.0.1
• Fairies' bread. F243.1
• Fairies eat nuts. F243.2
• Fairies eat meat. F243.3
• Animals eaten by fairies become whole again. F243.3.1
• Fairy food undiminished when eaten. F243.4
• Fairies' food gives immortality. F243.5
• Fairies' treasure. F244
• "The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann" (fairies?). F244.1
• Fairy shows hiding place of treasure in return for freedom. (Cf. N538.) F244.2
• Fairy fetches mortals to remove treasure hidden by ghosts in their lifetimes. (Cf. N510.) F244.3