Reading Notes: The Pellings

A man goes and hides in the thicket so he can catch a fairy that is said to come out at night. After capturing one and finally figuring out her name, he proposes to her and she agrees under one condition. The condition is that he ever strikes her with iron she will be gone forever. This end up happening surprise surprise. However, it was by accident. I think in retelling this story I could have a woman hide in the thicket and proceed to marry the man she captured.

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Bibliography: The Pellings from Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories by Peter H. Emerson (1894).