The constellation
G264 La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Witch entices men with offers of love and then deserts or destroys them
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Evil deeds of witches · G260 entry
beneath it
- Ogress bathes in pool, is transformed into beautiful maiden, and becomes king's favorite wife · G264.0.1 entry
- Woman is death of all who behold her · G264.1 entry
- Witch's kisses disfigure person · G264.2 entry
- Female ogre seduces men with charm (words) · G264.3 entry
- Fairy-like witch marries man and causes him misfortune · G264.4 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen · ATU 462