μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • general England, U.S.: *Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Witch's familiar spirit.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Magician's familiar a pigMagician's familiar a viper
Filed beside it
Witch feeds animal familiar with her own bloodFamiliar is given to witch by devil when person becomes witchFamiliars do work for witchBullets will not harm witch's familiarsFamiliar's abode is magician's cellarFamiliar comes at nightfall and disappears at cockcrow. (Cf. E452.)Familiar to be fed on human meatInsect as witch's familiar. (Fly, bee, gnat, spider.)Horse as witch's companionCat as servant of witchToad as witch's familiar. (Cf. G303.10.2.)Witch has an army of dragons, lions and bearsDog as witch's familiarMinor devil or imp as witch's familiar

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