Witch spins — Mythoi

Motif

Witch spins.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Habits of witches. · view the constellation · filed as G244

Cited in the index

general *Hoffmann Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 nn. 5–8. Cf. Types 480, 501.

Within the index

Filed under Habits of witches.

1 finer motif beneath it

Witch winds yarn

Filed beside it

Witch rides Witch flies through air Witch's sabbath. A meeting of witches in which church services are burlesqued Witch bathes Witches bake bread Witches dance Witches feast on rich food and drink Habits of witches – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Three Old Spinning Women (previously The Three Old Women Helpers) · ATU 501 1 recorded variant

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