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Motif

Witch's sabbath. A meeting of witches in which church services are burlesqued.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Habits of witches. · view the constellation · filed as G243

Filed across the traditions
  • 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.
  • general **Kittredge Witchcraft chapter XVI
  • general Sahlgren Blåkulla och blåkullafärderna (Namn och Bygd 1915)
  • general Siebs Zs. f. Vksk. III 391
  • general Schell ibid. IV 213
  • general Gruessing ibid. III 172
  • general *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
Within the index

Filed under Habits of witches.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Obeisance to devil at witch's sabbath Parody of church ceremony at witch's sabbath Witches have sexual intercourse with devil or his minions Witches worship demon
Filed beside it
Witch rides Witch flies through air Witch spins Witch bathes Witches bake bread Witches dance Witches feast on rich food and drink Habits of witches – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Witch lives in monastery. (Cf. G243.) Werwolves hold mass. (Cf. D113.1.1, E492, G243.)

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