P. 358 f., II, 505 b.
Mortal women as midwives to fairies, elves, water-sprites, etc. Further examples are: Sébillot, Littérature orale de la Haute-Bretagne, pp. 19-23; the same, Traditions et Superstitions de la Haute-Bretagne, I, 89, 109; Vinson, Folk-Lore du Pays Basque, pp. 40, 41; Meier, Deutsche Sagen, u.s.w., aus Schwaben, pp. 16-18, 59, 62; Mrs. Bray, Traditions of Devonshire, 1838, I, 184-188 (in the new ed., which is called The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, I, 174 f.); "Lageniensis" [J. O'Hanlon], Irish Folk Lore, Glasgow, n.d., pp. 48, 49; U. Jahn, Volkssagen aus Pommern und Rügen, pp. 50, 72; Vonbun, Die, Sagen Vorarlbergs, p. 16, cf. p. 6; Vernaleken, Alpensagen, p. 183. — Mortal woman as nurse for fairy child. Sébillot, Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne, I, 121. (G.L.K.)
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