μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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 667
  • West IndiesFlowers 446.
  • general *Penzer VIII 56 n. 2
Within the index

Filed under Protection against witches.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Rowan wood (quicken, etc.) protects against witchesWitchhazel used for protection against witchesHawthorn used as protection against witchesBay leaves used as protection against witches
Filed beside it
Steel powerful against witchesKnife in bed as protection against witchesFires burnt in streets to ward off witchesProtection from witch by spittingSieve as protection against witchesObject across door protects from witchPouring water on fire from new cup protects from witchReversing the poker protects from witchStopped bottle as protection against witchesHorseshoe hung up as protection against witchesStraws as protection against witchStone with a hole through it protects against witches. (Hagstone)Witch kept under control by means of a magic iron nail driven in her headWitch controlled by means of magic spellsSalt protects against witches. (Cf. G271.3, G254.2.)Burning thatch from home of witch protects against witch

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