μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Witch steals children.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Evil deeds of witches. · view the constellation · filed as G261

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen III 233.
  • general *Type 710
  • general *Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 121 n. 3
  • general Krappe Balor 87ff.
Within the index

Filed under Evil deeds of witches.

1 finer motif beneath it
Witch steals child with hand through chimney. (Cf. G369.5.)
Filed beside it
Murderous witch Witch injures, enchants or transforms La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Witch entices men with offers of love and then deserts or destroys them Witch abuses property Witches steal. (Cf. D2087, K300.) Man pursued by witches Evil deeds of witches – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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