Man discovers his wife is a witch

Motif

Man discovers his wife is a witch.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Recognition of witches. · view the constellation · filed as G250.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationFaust: A Tragedy, First Part, Scene 2 (Before the City-Gate)

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.

PapuaKer 68.

Within the index

Filed under Recognition of witches.

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Witch recognized by seeing wandering soul return Witch in form of cat has hand cut off: recognized next morning by missing hand Witch's horns discovered by lousing her Witch known by inability to rise from chair with four-leaf clover under it Witch known by hose unbound on one leg Charms to cause witch to reveal herself. (Cf. G271.)Witch recognition – miscellaneous methods

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