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- Magic object recovered with witch's help. D885.1
- Drawing witch's blood annuls her spells. (Cf. G271.4.4., G273.6.) D1741.2.1
- Sickness of princess dependent on witch's fire. When fire is high, princess is very sick. Princess recovers when fire is put out. (Cf. D2065.4.) D2064.2
- Witch's house at border of otherworld. F147.3
- Earthquake at witch's death. F960.2.5.2
- Witch's horse-switch blossoms. F971.1.2
- Witch's back covered with nails and broken glass. G219.9
- Witch's hair has power to bind or to transform. G221.1.1
- 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
- Witch's power received by altering religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.1.) G224.5
- Other sources of witch's power. G224.13
- Witch's familiar spirit. G225
- Bullets will not harm witch's familiars. G225.0.4
- Insect as witch's familiar. (Fly, bee, gnat, spider.) G225.1
- Horse as witch's companion. G225.2
- Toad as witch's familiar. (Cf. G303.10.2.) G225.4
- Dog as witch's familiar. G225.6
- Other animal as witch's familiar. G225.7
- Minor devil or imp as witch's familiar. G225.8
- Witch's body does not bleed when stuck with sharp object. (Cf. G225.0.1, G273.6.) G229.4.3
- Witch's body melts stone she sits on. G229.6
- Person enchanted by witch's salve so as to be ridden by witch. G241.2.2
- Witch's horse or witch leaves mark on church steeple as he goes over. G241.3.3
- Witch's sabbath. A meeting of witches in which church services are burlesqued. G243
- Obeisance to devil at witch's sabbath. G243.1
- Parody of church ceremony at witch's sabbath. G243.2
- Witch's rosary consists of goat dung. G243.2.1
- Witches dance with devil at witch's holiday. G247.1
- Witch's horns discovered by lousing her. G253
- Taking tile from witch's house forces her to reveal herself. G257.4
- Person puts man's breeches over cow's head; the cow stops in front of witch's house. G257.5
- Witch's cat as sucker of blood. G262.1.1
- Witch's kisses disfigure person. G264.2
- Witch's hair on horse becomes iron. G265.3.1
- Name of deity breaks witch's spell. G271.2.3
- Straw driven into witch's track immobilizes her. G273.7.1
- Steel driven into witch's track immobilizes her. G273.7.2
- Witch's heart (lungs, stomach) impossible to burn. G275.3.2
- Witch out of body while traveling at night is injured; witch's body is injured at home. (Cf. G275.12.) G275.14
- Hen put in witch's hair to scratch while maid escapes. G276.1
- Pursuit of mongoose leads to witch's house. G402.2
- Man on hunt falls into ogre's (witch's) power. G405
- Ball falling into water puts person into ogre's (witch's, water spirit's) power. G423
- Following witch's fire into her power. G451
- Task: pasturing witch's cattle (really her daughters). Grateful animals give help (cf. B571.) H1199.12.2
- Test of strength: breaking witch's back. H1562.8
- Curse: prince to fall in love with witch's daughter. M436
- Earthquake at witch's death. Q552.25.2