μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • North CarolinaBrown Collection I 643f.
  • PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 303.
  • general Type 410
  • general England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman
Within the index

Filed under Evil deeds of witches – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it
Curse by other angry ogres or ogresses
Filed beside it
Witch begs man to scratch her back: kills him. (Cf. G262.)Witch asks for snuff so that she may seize man. He offers it to her on point of spear and escapesWitch harnesses man and leads him to danceWitch causes haunted housesWitch eats up visitor's bowWitch estranges brothersShip wrecked by witch. (Cf. F420.5.2.7.3.)Witch cuts steaks from hero's bodyWitch punishes person who incurs her ill will. (Cf. G265.4.)Witch causes deformity. (Cf. G263.4.3.)Witch causes person to break limbsWitch causes person to fall from heightWitch causes person to be burnedWitch scratches personWitch causes gun to explode, injuring personInvisible witch sticks victim with pins
Travels with
Curse by witch. (Cf. G269.4.)
Carried in tale types

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