devil in Australian fairy tales
een on the parti-coloured robes of the gay creatures which moved to and fro about her. Here, as in the higher world of mortals, the ladies fanned and flirted, while the gentlemen flattered and were smilingly attentive; but there was no lurking devil behind it all with the elves. They, at least, wer…
- Record ID
- 2,353
- Year
- 1,897
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 2353
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- Australian fairy tales; Atha Westbury
- Published
- 1897
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- devil
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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een on the parti-coloured robes of the gay creatures which moved to and fro about her. Here, as in the higher world of mortals, the ladies fanned and flirted, while the gentlemen flattered and were smilingly attentive; but there was no lurking devil behind it all with the elves. They, at least, were genuine. “Approach, O mortal, and kiss my hand,” cried the fairy Queen, rising and saluting Tottie. “In this dell thou shalt be fed on honeyed words. We will deck thee with jewels brought from hidden caves and gathered in bowers of green, where loop the clustered vines. Pure pearls of may-dew shall adorn thy fair young brow like.
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