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Motif

Consecrated wafer kept in mouth in order to be a witch.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Witches – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as G281

Cited in the index
  • general Kittredge Witchcraft 149, 469 n. 105
  • general England, U.S.: Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Witches – miscellaneous motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it
Witch gives away consecrated wafer after service. (Cf. H1292.4.1.)
Filed beside it
Witches punish lazy spinning women Witches have control over weather Witch as helper Witches avoid religious ceremonies Initiation into witchcraft Witches married to fairies Witch escapes from locked room Witch executed for engaging in witchcraft Witch makes man engage in dangerous contests Other witch motifs
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Person sells soul to devil in exchange for witch powers. (Cf. G281, M211, K210ff.)

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