Lamia. Witch who eats children

Motif

Lamia. Witch who eats children.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Evil deeds of witches. · view the constellation · filed as G262.0.1

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys, Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 588, II 407, 676
PapuaKer 45, 64, 121, 141
Africa (Fang)Trilles 249, (Wachaga): Gutman 92.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 224f, 532 nn. 104–108

Within the index

Filed under Murderous witch.

1 finer motif beneath it

Lamia devours her lover

Filed beside it

Witch sucks blood. Striges Witch eats person's entrails (heart)Witch in animal form kills Witch kills with aid of witch-ball (hair rolled in beeswax). The ball is sometimes found in the mouth of dead victims Witch takes out man's liver

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