μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Hero kills witch.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Witch overcome or escaped. · view the constellation · filed as G275.8

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Witch defeated.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Witch killed by placing salt or pepper inside skin while it is laid aside. (Cf. G229.1.1.) Witch overcome by help of fairy. (Cf. N815.)
Filed beside it
Witch carried off by devil Witch overcome by helpful dogs of hero Witch burned Seven-headed witch defeated by throwing egg at each head Witch forced to divulge her secret powers Witch surrendered by sons Witch bound and beaten Fighting and wrestling with witch Witch as participater in battle Witches punished in hell Witch in the form of an animal is injured or killed as a result of the injury to the animal. (Cf. G252, G275.14.) Rough treatment of object causes injury or death to witch Witch out of body while traveling at night is injured; witch's body is injured at home. (Cf. G275.12.) Witch overcome by threats

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