444 motifs match “fairies” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Lake created by fairies. A920.1.7
• Indentions on rocks from footprints of fairies (angels, devils). A972.2
• Tabu: spying on secret help of fairies. C51.4.3
• Tabu: kissing fairies. This puts one in their power. (Cf. C112.) C122
• Tabu: fairies eating mortal food. C211.3.2
• Tabu: looking at fairies. C311.1.2
• Tabu: lying under tree. Girl who does so carried off by fairies. (Cf. C520.) C516
• Transformation: dolls change to fairies when flute is played. D435.1.2
• Fairies (gods?) transformed to animals fight. D615.4.1
• Fairies become birds every other year. D624.2
• Magic yew tree created by fairies. D950.14.1
• Magic yew rod used by druid to discover whereabouts of woman carried off by fairies to underground retreat. D1311.15.1
• Magic knowledge of fairies. D1810.0.4
• Fairies cause illusions. D2031.0.2
• Elves get stones from fairies who get them from mermaids. The devil does the finishing work on the stones. D2066.1
• Ghost misleads traveler on road. See similar actions of fairies, witches, Will-o-the-wisp. (Cf. F402.1.1.) E272.5
• Fairies pursued in wild hunt. E501.5.2
• Fairies (elves). See also F420 (Water Spirits), F451 (Dwarfs) and F460 (Mountain Spirits) for many common motifs. F200
• Bongas. Roughly equivalent to fairies. Generally malevolent, but often not. F201
• Prehistoric burial mounds as dwellings of fairies. F211.0.1
• Fairies emerge on Hallowe'en. F211.1.1.1
• Fairies emerge on St. John's night. F211.1.1.2
• Fairies live under earth. F211.3
• Water fairies. F212.0.1
• Fairies ferried across stream. F213.2
• Trolls (fairies) live in range of hills. F214
• Fairies live in star-world. (Cf. F205.) F215
• Fairies in heaven. F215.1.1
• Fairies live in forest. F216
• Fairies live in trees by stream. F216.1
• Congregating places of fairies. F217
• Fairies assemble at milestone. F217.2
• Fairies assemble at cross-roads. F217.3
• Other dwelling places of fairies. F219
• Fairies dwell in the next country. F219.1
• Fairies dwell in land to the east. F219.3
• Dwelling of fairies. F220
• Fairies have a pretty room in hill. F221.3
• Fairies' underground palace. F222.1
• Fairies' underground palace cannot be burned by fire nor destroyed by water. F222.1.1
• Appearance of fairies. F230
• Fairies with bird feet. F231.2.1
• Fairies have hollow backs. F232.1
• Fairies have huge hole in each armpit. F232.1.1
• 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
• Fairies have hairy bodies. F232.5
• Fairies as giants. F232.6
• Fairies have yellow (golden) hair (clothing). F233.5
• 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
• Clerics mistaken for fairies. F234.2.4.1
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Fairies with gold crowns on head. F236.4
• 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
• 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
• Possessions of fairies. F240
• Fairies' animals. F241
• Fairies' horses. F241.1