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Motifs
- Bongas. Roughly equivalent to fairies. Generally malevolent, but often not. F201
- Bonga lives in tree. F216.2
- Bonga house filled with snakes, tigers, and lions. F221.2
- Bonga girl (fairy) appears as flame. F234.3.2
- Bonga mistress. F302.0.1
- Bonga girl (fairy) will return stolen goods only if mortal man will go with her. F302.3.1.1
- Bonga girl (fairy) surrenders man to his mortal wife if he will name first daughter after her. F302.5.1.1
- Girl borrows comb and mirror from bonga (fairy): carried to fairyland when she returns them. (Cf. F322.1.1.) F324.1
- Bonga lends dishes to mortals. F343.6
- Bonga made village headman and advice asked. F347.1
- Fairy (bonga) steals part of crop. F365.4
- Troublesome bonga (fairy) pegged to ground and placed under stone. F386.3