THE ELIZABETHAN FAIRIES

Royal masques and entertainments,
16, 35, 51, 70, 75, 77, 89, 90, 126,
143, 1444 186
Royalty, presentation of gifts to,
'43
Rulers, zo4, 180; names of, 104
Rural beliefs. See Folk fairies
Satan. See Devils
Satyrs, 51, 52, 70, 71
Scandinavian fairy mythology, 5
Scotland, conception of fairies in,
3, 5, 15, 16, 45, 46, 57, 58; belief
in brownies, 233, 246n. See also
Witches
Seasons of activity, IOI
Second sight, 140
Shakespeare, fairies of, 2311, 176-
96; compared with folk fairies,
1-11; influence upon other writ-
ers, 197-218, 230, 253, 255-62;
conception of Robin Goodfellow,
219-21, 225, 230, 251, 253-55
Sickness caused and cured, 137
Sinclair, Isobel, 14on, 174
Singing, 94
Sixpence pieces in shoes, 141
Size and figure, of fairies, 2, 6, 7,
8, 66-80, 187-91, 194, 197n, 198,
201, 203, 209, 213, 215, 217; of
Robin Goodfellow, 237, 240,
254
Skebister, Bessie, 14on
Strix, definition, 53, 54
Sublunary devils, 58, 60
Summertime, IOI
INDEX 313
Terrestrial devils, 26, 58, 231, 240
Teutonic fairy tradition, 8, 9
Titania, 181
Travellers led astray, 135, 238, 2j2
Treasure, association of fairies
with, 144
Tyrrye, Joan, 69
Unchastity, punishment for, 133
IJnderground fairyland, 105
Virtue, rewarding, 132, 249
Visors, 82, 86
Walsh, John, 83, 169
Water, association of fairies with,
I00
Watery devils, 26, 58, 59, 72
Wearing apparel, 66, 86-91, 187,
209, 237, 242-44
Weir, Jean, 174
West, Alice and John, 29, 128, 145
Wicked beings of classical my-
thology, 52-54
Wicked fairies, 25, 33-40, 55-64,
136, 199. See also Punishments
Willimott, Joan, 69, 168
Winter, inactivity during, IOI
Witches and witchcraft, 16, 36, 46,
163-75; legal recognition of, 29,
34, 58, 164, 167, 168, 169; asso-
ciation of Robin Goodfellow,
with, 232, 258-60. See also
names of witches
Wood spirits of classic literature,