The constellation
G272 Protection against witches
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The same sky, in words
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- Witch overcome or escaped · G270 entry
beneath it
- Steel powerful against witches · G272.1 entry
- Magic herb protects from witch · G272.2 entry
- Knife in bed as protection against witches · G272.3 entry
- Fires burnt in streets to ward off witches · G272.4 entry
- Protection from witch by spitting · G272.5 entry
- Sieve as protection against witches · G272.6 entry
- Object across door protects from witch · G272.7 entry
- Pouring water on fire from new cup protects from witch · G272.8 entry
- Reversing the poker protects from witch · G272.9 entry
- Stopped bottle as protection against witches · G272.10 entry
- Horseshoe hung up as protection against witches · G272.11 entry
- Straws as protection against witch · G272.12 entry
- Stone with a hole through it protects against witches. (Hagstone) · G272.13 entry
- Witch kept under control by means of a magic iron nail driven in her head · G272.14 entry
- Witch controlled by means of magic spells · G272.15 entry
- Salt protects against witches. (Cf. G271.3, G254.2.) · G272.16 entry
- Burning thatch from home of witch protects against witch · G272.17 entry
- Grass from new grave protects against witches · G272.18 entry