Editing Trow (folklore) (section)

== Parallels ==
Ben's sea-trow (''trowis'') bore resemblance to the anciently known [[incubus]], as it "seems to have occupied the visions of the female sex", as noted by [[John Graham Dalyell]] (1835).<ref name="dalyell"/>

The learning of music from fairies is recognized as a recurring theme in Scandinavian and Celtic folklore. Examples in Irish tradition relate how a ''lutharachán'' (dialect form of [[leprechaun]]) or ''púca'' teaches tunes,<ref name="ui-ogain"/> like the Shetlandic trow who lets his music be heard from his fairy mound or otherwise; such tales classifiable as Migratory Legends "Type 4091, Music Taught by Fairie (Fiddle on the Wall)" under [[Bo Almqvist]]'s modified system{{sfnp|Uí Ógáin|1992–1993|pp=211–212}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|[[Reidar Thoralf Christiansen]]'s original ''Migratory Legends'' established "Type 4090, Watersprite Teaches Someone to Play", and included Shetland as having this tale type; so a Shetlandic tale of some water-sprite teaching music is assumed to exist<!--, but has remained unspecified in Uí Ógáin's article-->.{{sfnp|Uí Ógáin|1992–1993|p=211}}}}

The tale of a fiddler being taken to a fairy mound by fairies or trows is known by several versions in Shetland, but has also been collected from Orkney and the Scottish mainland (Inverness), and the group is assigned "F24. Fiddler Enlisted to Play for Fairy Dancers" under Alan Bruford's provisional classification scheme.{{sfnp|MacDonald|1994–1995|p=46}}