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

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

Scholars’ trail — 11references

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.

IcelandicBoberg
Finnish-SwedishWessman 81 Nos. 673–675
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3651
SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 296 No. 23, 315 No. 128
SpanishEspinosa 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

Witch lives in monastery. (Cf. G243.)Werwolves hold mass. (Cf. D113.1.1, E492, G243.)

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