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• Witch in form of bee. G211.5.2
• Witch in form of beetle. G211.5.3
• Witch in amphibian form. G211.6
• Witch in form of toad. (Cf. D196.) G211.6.1
• Witch in form of crocodile. G211.6.2
• Witch in form of fish. G211.7
• Witch in form of whale. G211.7.1
• Witch in form of reptile. G211.8
• Witch in form of snake. G211.8.1
• Witch in form of mythical animal. G211.9
• Witch in form of dragon. (Cf. D119.2.) G211.9.1
• Witch in form of object. (Cf. D200.) G212
• Witch in form of blade of straw. G212.1
• Witch in form of cookstove. G212.2
• Witch in form of a scroll. G212.3
• Witch in form of a tree. G212.4
• Witch in form of ball of fire. (Cf. F491, E742.2.) G212.5
• Witch with extraordinary eyes. G213
• One-eyed witch. G213.1
• Witch with red eyes. G213.2
• Witch with receding eyes. G213.3
• Witch with blazing eyes. G213.4
• Witch with extraordinary teeth. G214
• Witch with long teeth. G214.1
• Witch with iron teeth. G214.2
• Witch with nine rows of teeth. G214.3
• Witch with twisted tusks (reaching to her shoulders). G214.4
• Witch extraordinary as to head. G215
• Seven-headed witch. G215.1
• Witch with extraordinary feet. G216
• Witch with goose feet. G216.1
• Witch with enormous hands. G217
• Form of witch – miscellaneous. G219
• Witch with iron members. G219.1
• Witch (troll-woman) with beard. G219.2
• Witch has long nails. G219.3
• Witch with very long hair. G219.4
• Wrinkled witch. G219.5
• Witch is twisted, bony (has lumps on body). G219.6
• Black witch. G219.7
• Tailed witch. G219.8
• Witch with fifteen tails. G219.8.1
• Witch with knife-like tail. G219.8.2
• Witch's back covered with nails and broken glass. G219.9
• Characteristics of witches. G220
• "Black" and "white" witches. Malevolent and benevolent. G220.0.1
• Sex of witches. Both men and women are called witches. G220.0.2
• Strength of witches. G221
• Strength of witches in hair. G221.1
• Witch's hair has power to bind or to transform. G221.1.1
• Strength of witches depends on their touching earth. G221.2
• Witch has extraordinary bodily strength. (Cf. D1830, F610.) G221.3
• Witch marks stone with finger marks. G221.3.1
• Witch cannot be hurt if she looks attacker in the face. G221.4
• Luminous witches. G222
• When devil combs witches, sparks fly. G222.1
• Luminous witch-boat. Carries fishermen to bottom of sea. G222.2
• Head of beheaded witch mends if rubbed with salt. G223
• Source of witch's magic. G224
• Witch's charm opposite of Christian. Must be "Without God and Holy Mary" instead of "With God, etc." (Cf. G224.5.) G224.1
• Witch's salve. Source of magic power. G224.2
• Witches get their powers from books. (Cf. D1266.) G224.3
• Person sells soul to devil in exchange for witch powers. (Cf. G281, M211, K210ff.) G224.4
• Witch's power received by altering religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.1.) G224.5
• Witch power acquired by standing on manure pile, swinging red lantern, looking over shoulder. G224.6
• Witch gets power by licking brew made from a serpent. (Cf. B217.1.1.) G224.7
• Person gets witch power by walking twelve times around a church backward at midnight. G224.8
• Witch power is inherited. G224.9
• Witch power is transferred from one person to another. (Cf. D1751.) G224.10
• Witch power from bone ("witch bone"). G224.11
• Witch bone from toad. G224.11.1
• Witch bone from cat. G224.11.2
• Word charm gives witch power. (Cf. D1273.) G224.12
• Other sources of witch's power. G224.13
• Witch uses bottle of horse-nail stumps to bewitch people. (Cf. D1274.1.) G224.13.1
• Witches renew powers periodically. G224.14
• Witch's familiar spirit. G225
• Witch feeds animal familiar with her own blood. G225.0.1
• Familiar is given to witch by devil when person becomes witch. G225.0.2
• Familiars do work for witch. G225.0.3
• Bullets will not harm witch's familiars. G225.0.4
• Familiar's abode is magician's cellar. G225.0.5
• Familiar's abode is hearth of magician. G225.0.5.1
• Familiar comes at nightfall and disappears at cockcrow. (Cf. E452.) G225.0.6
• Familiar to be fed on human meat. G225.0.7
• Insect as witch's familiar. (Fly, bee, gnat, spider.) G225.1
• Horse as witch's companion. G225.2
• Cat as servant of witch. G225.3
• Toad as witch's familiar. (Cf. G303.10.2.) G225.4
• Witch has an army of dragons, lions and bears. G225.5
• Dog as witch's familiar. G225.6
• Other animal as witch's familiar. G225.7
• Magician's familiar a pig. G225.7.1
• Magician's familiar a viper. G225.7.2
• Minor devil or imp as witch's familiar. G225.8
• Characteristics of witches – miscellaneous. G229
• Soul of witch leaves the body. G229.1
• Witch who is out of skin is prevented from reentering it when person salts or peppers skin. (Cf. G275.8.1.) G229.1.1
• Witch carries her children in her own body. G229.2
• Witches lack bread and salt. G229.3
• Invulnerability of witches. G229.4
• Witch can be killed only by certain lance. G229.4.1
• Witch can catch bullets and send them back. (Cf. G265.8.3.1.2.) G229.4.2
• Witch's body does not bleed when stuck with sharp object. (Cf. G225.0.1, G273.6.) G229.4.3
• Witch says her knees are beads (liver is lead, stomach is copper, or the like). G229.4.4
• Beautiful witch. (Cf. G264.) G229.5
• Witch's body melts stone she sits on. G229.6
• Blue lights follow witches. G229.7
• Fire burns up and crackles when wizard passes fireplace. G229.8
• Habitat of witches. G230
• Witch dwells on cliff. G231
• Witch dwells on glass mountain. G232
• Witch lives in fairy mound. G233
• Witch resides in tree. G234
• Witch lives in monastery. (Cf. G243.) G235
• Witch lives in forest. G236
• Habits of witches. G240
• Witch rides. G241
• Witch rides on unusual animal. G241.1
• Witch rides on wolf. G241.1.1
• Witch rides on goat. G241.1.2
• Witch rides on dog. G241.1.3
• Witch rides on cat. G241.1.4
• Witch rides on black cat. G241.1.4.1
• Witch rides on whale. G241.1.5
• Witch rides on cattle. G241.1.6
• Witch rides on tiger. G241.1.7
• Witch rides on person. G241.2
• Witch transforms man to horse and rides him. G241.2.1
• Witch transforms person by means of magic bridle. G241.2.1.1
• Person enchanted by witch's salve so as to be ridden by witch. G241.2.2
• Witch rides on horse. (Cf. G241.2.1.) G241.3
• Witch rides on horses transformed from straw. G241.3.1
• Witch rides horses through air. G241.3.2
• Witch's horse or witch leaves mark on church steeple as he goes over. G241.3.3
• Witch rides on object. G241.4
• Witches ride on tubs using goose wings for oars. G241.4.1
• Witches travel on water in eggshells. G241.4.2
• Witch travels over water in a sieve or a riddle. G241.4.3
• Witches ride on bee-hives. G241.4.4
• Witch flies through air. G242
• Witch flies through air on broomstick. G242.1
• Witch smears fat on brooms in preparation for flight. G242.1.1
• Witch rides stalk of broom (ragwort). G242.1.2
• Witch flies as whirlwind. G242.2
• Witch flies through air on leaf. G242.3
• Witches ride tree through the air. G242.4
• Other objects that bear witches aloft. G242.5
• Witches use magic aids for flying. (Cf. D1531, G242.1.1.) G242.6
• Person flying with witches makes mistake and falls. G242.7
• Person imitates witch by putting ointment in eye: eye blinded. (Cf. F361.3.) G242.8
• Witch's sabbath. A meeting of witches in which church services are burlesqued. G243
• Obeisance to devil at witch's sabbath. G243.1
• Witches kiss devil's tail. G243.1.1
• Parody of church ceremony at witch's sabbath. G243.2
• Witch's rosary consists of goat dung. G243.2.1
• Witches have sexual intercourse with devil or his minions. G243.3
• Witch gives birth to toads and snakes after union with devil. G243.3.1
• Witches worship demon. G243.4
• Witch spins. G244
• Witch winds yarn. G244.1
• Witch bathes. G245
• Witch transforms self into snake when she bathes. G245.1
• Witches bake bread. G246
• Witches dance. G247
• Witches dance with devil at witch's holiday. G247.1
• Witches feast on rich food and drink. G248
• Man joins feast of witches. (Cf. G242.7.) G248.1
• Habits of witches – miscellaneous. G249
• Witches drive herds of deer. G249.1
• Witches scream. G249.2
• Witch enters and leaves house by chimney. (Cf. F275, G242.1.) G249.3
• Witch returns late home and leaves early. G249.4
• Witches boil cauldron of wizardry (cook dog). G249.5
• Witch followed by husband; dies when discovered. (Cf. G252.) G249.6
• Witches go through keyholes. (Cf. F304.3.) G249.7
• Witches open doors and windows. (Cf. E338.1.1.4.) G249.8
• Witches vanish from prison. G249.9
• Witches can see in the dark. G249.10
• Witches use eyes of animals to travel at night. They leave their own eyes at home, substitute those of an animal. (Cf. E781.1.) G249.10.1
• Witches rock empty chairs. (Cf. F473.2.1.) G249.11
• Recognition of witches. G250
• Man discovers his wife is a witch. G250.1
• Witch recognized by seeing wandering soul return. G251
• Witch recognized by seeing wasp (beetle) enter her mouth while asleep. Only when it enters can she be awakened. G251.1
• Separable soul of witch in parrot. (Cf. E732.) G251.1.1
• Witch recognized when skin of witch is found with soul absent. (Cf. G229.1.1.) G251.2
• Witch in form of cat has hand cut off: recognized next morning by missing hand. G252
• A cat in form of an old woman has hand cut off; recognized next morning by missing paw. G252.0.1
• Witch killed as whale. She herself is sitting at home. G252.1
• Goat's tongue pierced with sharp needle; consequently, witch is sick with pierced tongue. G252.2
• Bird's neck broken: rakshasa dies. G252.3
• Witch's horns discovered by lousing her. G253
• Witch known by inability to rise from chair with four-leaf clover under it. G254
• Witch cannot rise if ring lies under her chair. G254.1
• Witch known by inability to rise from chair with salt under cushion. (Cf. G271.3.) G254.2
• Witch known by hose unbound on one leg. G255
• Charms to cause witch to reveal herself. (Cf. G271.) G257
• Burning object forces witch to reveal herself: sympathetic magic. G257.1
• Reading Bible backwards causes witch to reveal herself. (Cf. D1985.2.) G257.2