μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Witch lives in forest.

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“I do not know how to get out of the forest, no human being lives in it, so I must certainly starve." She walked about and looked for a road, but could find none. When it was evening she seated herself under a tree, gave herself into God's keeping, and resolved to sit wait- ing there and not go away, let what might happen. When, however, she had sat there for a while, a white dove came flying to her with a little golden key in ita mouth.”

Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 123 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • GermanGrimm Nos. 15, 60, 69, 123.
Within the index

Filed under Habitat of witches.

Filed beside it
Witch dwells on cliffWitch dwells on glass mountainWitch lives in fairy moundWitch resides in treeWitch lives in monastery. (Cf. G243.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.)Treasure from bird's feathersSpeaking lionSpeaking bearSpeaking wolfSpeaking foxSpeaking hare (rabbit)Helpful animals a giftRelease of animal by hunter (fisher)Disenchantment by ringDisenchantment by flowerMagic objects possessed by witch, sorcerer or evil dwarf. (Cf. F451.7, G234, D1711.)

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