THE ELIZABETHAN FAIRIES

Abductions, 124, 136, 148-50; of
children, 7, 10, 99, 149n, 15-62;
of nurses, 154; of witches, 163-75
Age of fairies, 46
Angels, fallen, 41
Anne of Denmark, fairy masques in
honor of, 35, 36, 77
Appearance, of fairies, 65-91; of
changelings, 155 ; of Robin Good-
fellow, 237, 240, 254. Spe also
Clothing: Size and figure
Ariel, I
Avalon, 27
INDEX
Child-abstracting propensities, 7,
10, 29, 99, 148-62, 183
Children, altered by fairies, 151
Christmas, 102
Church of Rome, 62, 176
Churchyard, Thomas, royal enter-
tainments of, 16, 51, 70, 75, 126
Classic mythology, identification of
fairies with beings of, 15, 48-
55, 61, 701 104
Cleanliness, passion for, 129
Clothing, 66, 86-91, 187, 209, 237,
242-44
Cobham, Elianor, 165
Bath water, set out for fairies, 118 Colors, of fairies, 40, 83-86; of
Beauty of fairies, 72, 8-82
fairy costumes, 86-88
Berg-elfen, 2
Commonwealth of fairies, 103, 104,
Bestowing good fortune, 36, 37, 180, 197
117, 132, 141-47
Corn, 113
Bewitchment, 27, 28n, 150. See Costumes of stage fairies, 86
also Witches
Country of fairies. See Fairyland
Black fairies, 85
Cream, 116; and bread, 237, 246
Bountiful fairies, 36, 37, 117, 132,
141-47
Bread, 112; as a charm, 161; and
Dairy operations, 116
Dancing, 91-96
cream, 237, 246
Days of fairy activity, IOI
Broom of Robin Goodfellow, 245 Definitions, of fairy, In, 14, 44,
Brownie, 15, 233, 246n
52-54, 70; of elf, 19, 52, 53, 71:
Bugbears, fairies included among, of changed children: of change-
19 -.
ling, 151; of witch, 16411; of
puck, 227; of hobgoblin, 229 ; of
Cake making of fairies, 112
Robin Goodfellow, 233x1
Cattle, fairy, 114 Dependent race, fairiecg never a,
Changelings, 7, 10, 29, 99, 14gn, 120
148-62, 183
Devils, fairies as, 25, 34, 36, 39,
Characteristics and personality, 5, 55-61, 199; Robin ~oodfellow as,
9n, 10, 91-110, 181. See al~o 219, 224, 231, 240, 243, 247, 256-
Evil fairies: Good fairies: Na- 58
ture of fairies Diana, 181
Charms and spells, 30, 34, 37-19, Dictionaries, treatment of fairies
84, 161
and elves, In, 14, 19, 44, 51, 52-
309