μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Murderous witch.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • 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 children 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
Filed beside it
Witch steals children 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Witch begs man to scratch her back: kills him. (Cf. G262.)

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