Initiation into witchcraft — Mythoi

Motif

Initiation into witchcraft.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Witches – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as G286

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn IV (1901) 144ff., (1936) 230ff.
India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Witches – miscellaneous motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it

Women learn witchcraft by masking as men. Hence women are witches

Filed beside it

Consecrated wafer kept in mouth in order to be a witch Witches punish lazy spinning women Witches have control over weather Witch as helper Witches avoid religious ceremonies 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

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