Objects driven into tracks of witch immobilize her

Motif

Objects driven into tracks of witch immobilize her.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Witch overcome or escaped. · view the constellation · filed as G273.7

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Witch rendered powerless.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Straw driven into witch's track immobilizes her Steel driven into witch's track immobilizes her

Filed beside it

Witch powerless when one makes sign of cross. (Cf. G271.2.1.)Witch powerless when person speaks before she does Witch powerless at cockcrow Witch powerless to cross stream Witches powerless at crossroads Witch rendered powerless by drawing blood from her

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