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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| G211.2.6 | Witch in form of rat. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.8 | Witch in form of reptile. |
| G211.3.1.1 | Witch in form of rooster. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G262.3.1 | Witch in form of she-goat kills men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.1.4 | Witch in form of sheep. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.8.1 | Witch in form of snake. England, U.S.: Baughman; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.2.4.1 | Witch in form of stag. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G211.6.1 | Witch in form of toad. (Cf. D196.) Fb "tudse" III 888b; England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G211.7.1 | Witch in form of whale.1 North Carolina: Brown Collection I 644; Icelandic: Ketils saga H. 116, 131, Hjálmters saga ok ölvers 507—08, Boberg. |
| G211.2 | Witch in form of wild beast. |
| G211.4 | Witch in form of wild bird. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G211.2.2 | Witch in form of wolf. (Cf. D113.1.) Fb "heks"; Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. XII, *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 31, 315 No. 124. |
| G275.12 | Witch in the form of an animal is injured or killed as a result of the injury to the animal. (Cf. G252, G275.14.) Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G211.4.5 | Witch in the form of buzzard. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G263 | Witch injures, enchants or transforms. *Types 303, 442; BP I 528ff., III 9; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3654f., 3672ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 7, II No. 7; West Indies: Flowers 445. |
| G210.0.1 | Witch invisible. (Cf. A11, D1980, E421.1, G303.6.2.1, F235.1, E501.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| G299.2 | Witch is heard struggling with devil. (Cf. G303.6.2.2.) England: Baughman. |
| G219.6 | Witch is twisted, bony (has lumps on body). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2137.1 | Witch keeps water from boiling. England: Baughman. |
| G283.2.1 | Witch keeps wind from blowing by putting cat under barrel. (Cf. D2142.1.5.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.2 | Witch keeps winds from blowing. (Cf. D2142.1.) |
| G272.14 | Witch kept under control by means of a magic iron nail driven in her head. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 651. |
| G252.1 | Witch killed as whale. She herself is sitting at home. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G275.8.1 | Witch killed by placing salt or pepper inside skin while it is laid aside. (Cf. G229.1.1.) South Carolina Negro: Parsons MAFLS XVI 63. |
| G275.4.1 | Witch killed, as egg with her soul is crushed against her forehead. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G265.9.1 | Witch kills balsam plant after owner refuses to give some to the witch. England: Baughman. |
| G269.10.1 | Witch kills person as punishment. (Cf. D2060ff.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G262.4 | Witch kills with aid of witch-ball (hair rolled in beeswax). The ball is sometimes found in the mouth of dead victims. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G255 | Witch known by hose unbound on one leg. Fb "hosebеnd" I 650. |
| G254 | Witch known by inability to rise from chair with four-leaf clover under it. *Fb "heks" I 581b. |
| G254.2 | Witch known by inability to rise from chair with salt under cushion. (Cf. G271.3.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G233 | Witch lives in fairy mound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G236 | Witch lives in forest. German: Grimm Nos. 15, 60, 69, 123. |
| G235 | Witch lives in monastery. (Cf. G243.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2078.1 | Witch made to enter boulder magically and imprisoned therein. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G265.5 | Witch maims animals. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.22 | Witch makes girl believe her lover has ass's head. England: Baughman. |
| G269.24 | Witch makes man believe a dead bull is alive and chasing him. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G292 | Witch makes man engage in dangerous contests. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): *Benedict 345. |
| G263.4.5 | Witch makes person blind. German: Grimm No. 135. |
| G263.4.4 | Witch makes person dumb. England: Baughman. |
| G263.8 | Witch makes person lousy. England: Baughman. |
| G221.3.1 | Witch marks stone with finger marks. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G259.4 | Witch may be recognized after death by great weight of corpse. (Cf. E400.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G259.3 | Witch may be recognized by absence of bleeding when she is pricked with pins. England: Baughman. |
| G275.14 | Witch out of body while traveling at night is injured; witch's body is injured at home. (Cf. G275.12.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G275.8.2 | Witch overcome by help of fairy. (Cf. N815.) French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G275.2 | Witch overcome by helpful dogs of hero. Type 303; Irish myth: Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 231, 237, 239. |
| G275.15.1 | Witch overcome by threatening with sword. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G275.15 | Witch overcome by threats. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G279 | Witch overcome or escaped—miscellaneous. |
| G270 | Witch overcome or escaped. |
| G224.6 | Witch power acquired by standing on manure pile, swinging red lantern, looking over shoulder. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G224.11 | Witch power from bone ("witch bone"). |
| G224.9 | Witch power is inherited. England: *Baughman. |
| G224.10 | Witch power is transferred from one person to another. (Cf. D1751.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G273.3 | Witch powerless at cockcrow. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 261, 307; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 83 No. 686. |
| G273.1.1 | Witch powerless from lightbeam sent by saint. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G273.4 | Witch powerless to cross stream. *Fb "vand" III 1001a; England: Baughman. |
| G273.1 | Witch powerless when one makes sign of cross. (Cf. G271.2.1.) Fb "heks" I 581b; England, Ireland, Wales: Baughman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 33; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 116; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 82, 87. |
| G273.2 | Witch powerless when person speaks before she does. Fb "heks" I 581a. |
| G269.1.1 | Witch pretends sickness and kicks helper into pit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K764 | Witch pretends to be starving beggar woman in order to capture child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2072.0.5.1 | Witch prevents person from drinking. England: Baughman. |
| G269.20 | Witch prevents woman from putting one foot on floor. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.4 | Witch produces clear weather. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2149.1.1 | Witch produces lightning. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.3 | Witch produces rain or snow. (Cf. D2143.) |
| G265.4.0.1 | Witch punishes owner for injury or slight by killing his animals. (Cf. G269.10.) England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.10 | Witch punishes person who incurs her ill will. (Cf. G265.4.) England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G269.18 | Witch pushes man around on floor (witch is invisible). U.S.: Baughman. |
| K606.1.4 | Witch put off guard by playing on jew's harp. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G283.1.2.1 | Witch raises contrary wind to keep ship in port. Ireland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.2 | Witch raises wind to aid becalmed boat. Scotland: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.5 | Witch raises wind to blow man's fleeces away. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.6 | Witch raises wind to break up enemy's lumber pound. England: Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.3 | Witch raises wind to sink ships of people who have injured her. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G283.1.2.4 | Witch raises wind to winnow grain. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G283.1 | Witch raises winds. |
| G259 | Witch recognition—miscellaneous methods. England: *Baughman. |
| G259.1 | Witch recognized by looking in or through magic object. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G259.2 | Witch recognized by odor. (Cf. G303.4.8.1, G303.6.3.4.) England: Baughman. |
| G251 | Witch recognized by seeing wandering soul return. |
| G251.1 | Witch recognized by seeing wasp (beetle) enter her mouth while asleep. Only when it enters can she be awakened. Tobler 39f.; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 83 No. 684. |
| G251.2 | Witch recognized when skin of witch is found with soul absent. (Cf. G229.1.1.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G273.6 | Witch rendered powerless by drawing blood from her. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G273 | Witch rendered powerless. |
| G234 | Witch resides in tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G249.4 | Witch returns late home and leaves early. BP III 38; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G263.5 | Witch revives dead. (Cf. E0.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G265.3 | Witch rides horse at night. Howie 174ff.; *Kittredge Witchcraft 219, 527 n. 66; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650, 667; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3657, 3683f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G241.3.2 | Witch rides horses through air. England: Baughman. |
| G269.3.1 | Witch rides man to dance. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650. |
| G241.1.4.1 | Witch rides on black cat. Fb "ride" III 53a. |
| G241.1.4 | Witch rides on cat. England: Baughman. |
| G241.1.6 | Witch rides on cattle. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302. |
| G241.1.3 | Witch rides on dog. *Fb "hund" I 676b. |
| G241.1.2 | Witch rides on goat. *Fb "buk" IV 77a; Kittredge Witchcraft 175 nn. 9—10; England: Baughman. |
| G241.3 | Witch rides on horse. (Cf. G241.2.1.) Canada, England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G241.3.1 | Witch rides on horses transformed from straw. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G241.4 | Witch rides on object. |
| G241.2 | Witch rides on person. Fb "ride" III 52b; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 649, 667; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302, Boberg. |
| G241.1.7 | Witch rides on tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G241.1 | Witch rides on unusual animal. |
| G241.1.5 | Witch rides on whale. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G241.1.1 | Witch rides on wolf. Fb "ulv" III 970a; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 226, 146, *Boberg; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 654. |
| G242.1.2 | Witch rides stalk of broom (ragwort). England: *Baughman. |
| G241 | Witch rides. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G229.4.4 | Witch says her knees are beads (liver is lead, stomach is copper, or the like). Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 312. |
| G265.1 | Witch scatters tools at night. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 263. |
| G269.15 | Witch scratches person. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G283.1.3 | Witch sells power to control winds. (Cf. D2142.0.1.1, D1541.1.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2142.0.1.1 | Witch sells power to control winds. *Kittredge Witchcraft 159, 477f. nn. 65—74 passim. |
| D1385.4.1 | Witch shot dead with bullet of salt. (Cf. D1096.3.) Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D2142.0.1.2 | Witch sits atop mast, causes winds to blow. England: Baughman. |
| G242.1.1 | Witch smears fat on brooms in preparation for flight. Fb "fejd"; Penzer IX 45 n. 1; England, U.S.: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 81f. Nos. 675, 683. |
| G274.1 | Witch snared by setting out milk. Witches attracted by milk. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 267 No. 74. |
| G274 | Witch snared. |
| G244 | Witch spins. *Hoffmann Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 nn. 5—8. Cf. Types 480, 501. |
| G269.26 | Witch stands person on her head. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G261.1 | Witch steals child with hand through chimney. (Cf. G369.5.) Kittredge Arthur and Gorlagon (Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature VIII) 222ff. |
| G261 | Witch steals children. *Type 710; *Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 121 n. 3; Krappe Balor 87ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 233. |
| D2087.8 | Witch steals potatoes, leaving no traces. England: Baughman. |
| G205 | Witch stepmother. *Types 403, 450; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *453, *481; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 266 No. 40, (Ekoi): Talbot 401; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 268 No. 80. |
| G259.5 | Witch stretches out her hand and brings water from ocean without getting out of her bed; is recognized. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G262.1.2 | Witch sucks blood from woman's or child's breasts. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G262.1 | Witch sucks blood. Striges. *Kittredge Witchcraft 224f., 531f. nn. 103—114; England: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G275.6 | Witch surrendered by sons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G262.5 | Witch takes out man's liver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K711.4 | Witch tells boy to pass down some of fruit from tree, catches hold of him and puts him in her sack when he bends down. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G265.8.3.1.2 | Witch throws bullets back at shooter. (Cf. F473.6.5, G229.4.2.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.21 | Witch torments person by making him act in ridiculous manner. |
| D2083.3.2 | Witch transfers milk from another's cows by use of hair rope. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| D2083.3.3 | Witch transfers milk from another's cows to a vessel. England: *Baughman. |
| G263.3.2 | Witch transforms girl into man. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G263.1.0.1 | Witch transforms her lovers into animals. Circe. *Krappe Balor 44ff.; *Anderson Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde XXVIII 212 n. 2; Gaster Oldest Stories 47. |
| G263.1.4 | Witch transforms husband into dog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.2.1.1 | Witch transforms man into soapstone. U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.1 | Witch transforms man to bear. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G263.1.5 | Witch transforms man to bird. |
| G263.1.3 | Witch transforms man to cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.5.1 | Witch transforms man to crow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.5.2 | Witch transforms man to dove. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 344. |
| G241.2.1 | Witch transforms man to horse and rides him. *Fb "hest" I 599a; England, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3656; Livonian: Loorits FFC XVI 62 No. 157; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 130 No. 71; Icelandic: Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII No. 306I. |
| G263.2 | Witch transforms man to object. (Cf. D200.) |
| G263.2.2 | Witch transforms man to tree. German: Grimm No. 123. |
| G241.2.1.1 | Witch transforms person by means of magic bridle. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G263.1 | Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.) German: Grimm Nos. 11, 49, 69, 123, 141, 197; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.2 | Witch transforms person to seal. Ireland: Baughman. |
| G245.1 | Witch transforms self into snake when she bathes. Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117. |
| D655.2 | Witch transforms self to animal (hare, pig) so as to suck cows. Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 484 nn. 21, 22; England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G263.2.1 | Witch transforms to stone. German: Grimm No. 60, 85; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.3.1 | Witch transforms townspeople into witches. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G241.4.3 | Witch travels over water in a sieve or a riddle. England, Scotland: *Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 660. |
| G224.13.1 | Witch uses bottle of horse-nail stumps to bewitch people. (Cf. D1274.1.) England: Baughman. |
| G229.1.1 | Witch who is out of skin is prevented from reentering it when person salts or peppers skin. (Cf. G275.8.1.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1385.2.4 | Witch will never visit a house where pipal is strewn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G244.1 | Witch winds yarn. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G525.1 | Witch wishes to have as pretty teeth as man: drinks boiling oil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G213.4 | Witch with blazing eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G217 | Witch with enormous hands. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G213 | Witch with extraordinary eyes. |
| G216 | Witch with extraordinary feet. |
| G214 | Witch with extraordinary teeth. |
| G219.8.1 | Witch with fifteen tails. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 357, Boberg. |
| G216.1 | Witch with goose feet. *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117f. |
| G219.1 | Witch with iron members. *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 118 nn. 7—9. |
| G214.2 | Witch with iron teeth. Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117. |
| G219.8.2 | Witch with knife-like tail. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 183. |
| G214.1 | Witch with long teeth. Fb "tand" III 771ab; Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 118; Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 24. |
| G214.3 | Witch with nine rows of teeth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G213.3 | Witch with receding eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G213.2 | Witch with red eyes. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn V (1897) 233ff., (1934) 188ff.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 325 No. 11. |
| G214.4 | Witch with twisted tusks (reaching to her shoulders). Irish myth: Cross. |
| G219.4 | Witch with very long hair. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| A205 | Witch-woman of upper world. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (Z-G. 13/249). |
| G200 | Witch. *Types 405, 432, 442, 708, 710, 711; **Kittredge Witchcraft; *Vordemfelde Die Hexe im deutschen Volksmärchen (Mogk Festschrift 588); *Fb "heks" IV 206a; Hansen Zauberwahn, Inquisition und Hexenprozess im Mittelalter (München and Leipzig, 1900), ibid. Quellen und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte des Hexenwahns und der Hexenverfolgung in den österr. Alpenländern (1934); Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1827—1920; R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu (London, 1932); M. A. Murray The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (Oxford, 1921); M. Summers The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (London, 1926); *Arne Runeberg Witches, Demons and Fertility Magic (Helsinki, 1947); A. Mayer Erdmutter und Hexe (München, 1936); *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117.—Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 235 ("glastig"); Icelandic: *Boberg; Lappish: Hartland Science 173; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 81ff. Nos. 673—739; Jewish: *Neuman; Arabian: Burton Nights I 28, 76, 333, II 233—238, VI 158, 242n., VIII 131, S VI 325ff., 452; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer X 362 s.v. "Witch"; Mono: Wheeler 45; Papua: Ker 21, 31, 68; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/499); S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 77, (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 328; Africa: *Werner African 333ff., (Basuto): Jacottet 236 No. 34. |
| G219.9 | Witch's back covered with nails and broken glass. Type 480; Roberts 169. |
| G229.4.3 | Witch's body does not bleed when stuck with sharp object. (Cf. G225.0.1, G273.6.) England: Baughman. |
| G229.6 | Witch's body melts stone she sits on. England: Baughman. |
| G262.1.1 | Witch's cat as sucker of blood. Kittredge Witchcraft 178 n. 36. |
| G224.1 | Witch's charm opposite of Christian. Must be "Without God and Holy Mary" instead of "With God, etc." (Cf. G224.5.) Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 84 No. *746, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151, 153, 154; England, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; West Indies: Flowers 441. |
| G225 | Witch's familiar spirit. Argentina: *Jijena Sanchez 73—114. |
| G221.1.1 | Witch's hair has power to bind or to transform. *BP I 554; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 231, 237, 239; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 68. |
| G265.3.1 | Witch's hair on horse becomes iron. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| G275.3.2 | Witch's heart (lungs, stomach) impossible to burn. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| G253 | Witch's horns discovered by lousing her. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 315 No. 128, 329 No. 53. |
| G241.3.3 | Witch's horse or witch leaves mark on church steeple as he goes over. England: *Baughman. |
| F971.1.2 | Witch's horse-switch blossoms. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F147.3 | Witch's house at border of otherworld. *Siuts 45. |
| G264.2 | Witch's kisses disfigure person. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G224.5 | Witch's power received by altering religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.1.) Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G243.2.1 | Witch's rosary consists of goat dung. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 329 No. 54. |
| G243 | Witch's sabbath. A meeting of witches in which church services are burlesqued. **Kittredge Witchcraft chapter XVI; Sahlgren Blеkulla och blеkullafärderna (Namn och Bygd 1915); Siebs Zs. f. Vksk. III 391; Schell ibid. IV 213; Gruessing ibid. III 172; *Fb "heks" I 580b, "Bloksbjærg" IV 49b, "Troms kirke" III 858b, 859ab, "Sankt Hansdag" III 161b, "Valborg aften" III 993a, "kirke" IV 258b.—England: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 81 Nos. 673—675; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3651; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 296 No. 23, 315 No. 128; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 151, 156, 157. |
| G224.2 | Witch's salve. Source of magic power. *Fb "salve" III 151b; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 150—158. |
| G263.6 | Witchcraft causes maiden to hate lover. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G269.19 | Witches as ducks pinch victim. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G285 | Witches avoid religious ceremonies. Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 165. |
| G246 | Witches bake bread. Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117, 119 n. 4. |
| G265.10 | Witches bewitch trees. |
| G249.5 | Witches boil cauldron of wizardry (cook dog). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G249.10 | Witches can see in the dark. England: Baughman. |
| G265.4 | Witches cause disease or death of animals. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302. |
| G203.2 | Witches come forth at emergence of mankind. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 344. |
| G247.1 | Witches dance with devil at witch's holiday. England: *Baughman. |
| G247 | Witches dance. *Fb "danse" IV 93a; U.S.: Baughman; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 150, 155—157, 171. |
| G249.1 | Witches drive herds of deer. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 239, 241, 255—57. |
| G248 | Witches feast on rich food and drink. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G224.3 | Witches get their powers from books. (Cf. D1266.) England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G249.7 | Witches go through keyholes. (Cf. F304.3.) England: *Baughman. |
| G283 | Witches have control over weather. *Kittredge Witchcraft 152ff., 472ff. nn. 1ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 14, 307 No. 28. |
| D1825.9 | Witches have power to see distant sights. England: Baughman (D1912.1.). |
| G243.3 | Witches have sexual intercourse with devil or his minions. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E501.2.3 | Witches in wild hunt. (Cf. G200.) Plischke 29. |
| D1901 | Witches induce love. *Kittredge Witchcraft 30, 382 nn. 52—54. —England: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G243.1.1 | Witches kiss devil's tail. Fb "kysse". |
| G229.3 | Witches lack bread and salt. Fb "salt" III 148a. |
| D2083.2.1 | Witches make cows give bloody milk. *Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 484 n. 28; U.S.: Baughman. |
| G287 | Witches married to fairies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G249.8 | Witches open doors and windows. (Cf. E338.1.1.4.) England: Baughman. |
| G273.5 | Witches powerless at crossroads. Fb "korsvej" II 277. |
| G282 | Witches punish lazy spinning women. *Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 n. 6. |
| G275.11 | Witches punished in hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E501.5.1.3 | Witches pursued in wild hunt. Plischke 65. |
| G224.14 | Witches renew powers periodically. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G241.4.4 | Witches ride on bee-hives. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3652. |
| G241.4.1 | Witches ride on tubs using goose wings for oars. England: Baughman. |
| G242.4 | Witches ride tree through the air. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D2087.7 | Witches rifle drawers of chests in house. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G249.11 | Witches rock empty chairs. (Cf. F473.2.1.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.9 | Witches ruin crop. (Cf. G283.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 667; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302. |
| G249.2 | Witches scream. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G265.10.1 | Witches shake fruit off trees to punish owner. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G266 | Witches steal. (Cf. D2087, K300.) |
| G262.1.3 | Witches suck blood from the navel of a child without anyone knowing it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G241.4.2 | Witches travel on water in eggshells. England. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G249.10.1 | Witches use eyes of animals to travel at night. They leave their own eyes at home, substitute those of an animal. (Cf. E781.1.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G242.6 | Witches use magic aids for flying. (See D1531, G242.1.1.) |
| G249.9 | Witches vanish from prison. England: *Baughman. |
| G243.4 | Witches worship demon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G280 | Witches—miscellaneous motifs. |
| G272.2.2 | Witchhazel used for protection against witches. England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| J817.3 | With a silent person one is alone. Angered bishop will not answer when addressed. Relents when priest says, "Since there is no one here I may heed the call of Nature." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K811.1.1 | With help of captor's daughter, prisoners slay many of his soldiers at a banquet. (cf. K781.) English: Wells 85 (The Sowdone of Babylone). |
| R121.10 | With her teeth woman files away chain tying up husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M215 | With his whole heart: devil carries off judge. The devil refuses to take anything not offered him with the whole heart. He hears the judge (advocate) cursed for fraud with such sincerity that he carries him off. *Type 1186; **Taylor PMLA XXXVI 35ff., also in Bryan and Dempster Sources and Analogues of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 26974; *Herbert III 592; *Fb "ridefoged" III 53b; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 81, 807; *Robinson Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Cambridge, Mass., 1933) 809 (Friar's Tale). |
| P643 | With only opponent's arms. Hero goes to encounter unarmed except for the arms he wrests from his opponent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2157.3 | Withered and dead trees suddenly blossom at saint's command. *Loomis White Magic 94. |
| D1812.5.1.20 | Withering of tree as bad omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1791.2 | Withershins (countersunwise) circuit (for ill luck). Irish myth: *Cross. |
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