μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • general England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Evil deeds of witches.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Lamia. Witch who eats childrenWitch sucks blood. StrigesWitch eats person's entrails (heart)Witch in animal form killsWitch kills with aid of witch-ball (hair rolled in beeswax). The ball is sometimes found in the mouth of dead victimsWitch takes out man's liver
Filed beside it
Witch steals childrenWitch injures, enchants or transformsLa Belle Dame Sans Merci. Witch entices men with offers of love and then deserts or destroys themWitch abuses propertyWitches steal. (Cf. D2087, K300.)Man pursued by witchesEvil deeds of witches – miscellaneous
Travels with
Witch begs man to scratch her back: kills him. (Cf. G262.)

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