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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| G221.2 | Strength of witches depends on their touching earth. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 316 No. 128. |
| G221.3 | Witch has extraordinary bodily strength. (Cf. D1830, F610.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G221.3.1 | Witch marks stone with finger marks. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G221.4 | Witch cannot be hurt if she looks attacker in the face. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 372. |
| G222 | Luminous witches. |
| G222.1 | When devil combs witches, sparks fly. Fb "kjæmme" II 148. |
| G222.2 | Luminous witch-boat. Carries fishermen to bottom of sea. S. A. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 328. |
| G223 | Head of beheaded witch mends if rubbed with salt. *Fb "hoved" I 654b. |
| G224 | Source of witch's magic. Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151—159. |
| G224.1 | Witch's charm opposite of Christian. Must be "Without God and Holy Mary" instead of "With God, etc." (Cf. G224.5.) Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 84 No. *746, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151, 153, 154; England, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; West Indies: Flowers 441. |
| G224.2 | Witch's salve. Source of magic power. *Fb "salve" III 151b; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 150—158. |
| G224.3 | Witches get their powers from books. (Cf. D1266.) England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| G224.4 | Person sells soul to devil in exchange for witch powers. (Cf. G281, M211, K210ff.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G224.5 | Witch's power received by altering religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.1.) Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G224.6 | Witch power acquired by standing on manure pile, swinging red lantern, looking over shoulder. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G224.7 | Witch gets power by licking brew made from a serpent. (Cf. B217.1.1.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| G224.8 | Person gets witch power by walking twelve times around a church backward at midnight. England: Baughman. |
| G224.9 | Witch power is inherited. England: *Baughman. |
| G224.10 | Witch power is transferred from one person to another. (Cf. D1751.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G224.11 | Witch power from bone ("witch bone"). |
| G224.11.1 | Witch bone from toad. England: *Baughman. |
| G224.11.2 | Witch bone from cat. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G224.12 | Word charm gives witch power. (Cf. D1273.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G224.13 | Other sources of witch's power. |
| G224.13.1 | Witch uses bottle of horse-nail stumps to bewitch people. (Cf. D1274.1.) England: Baughman. |
| G224.14 | Witches renew powers periodically. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G225 | Witch's familiar spirit. Argentina: *Jijena Sanchez 73—114. |
| G225.0.1 | Witch feeds animal familiar with her own blood. Kittredge Witchcraft 179 nn. 51—53; England: Baughman. |
| G225.0.2 | Familiar is given to witch by devil when person becomes witch. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G225.0.3 | Familiars do work for witch. England: Baughman. |
| G225.0.4 | Bullets will not harm witch's familiars. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 81 (D1840). |
| G225.0.5 | Familiar's abode is magician's cellar. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 85. |
| G225.0.5.1 | Familiar's abode is hearth of magician. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 84, 92. |
| G225.0.6 | Familiar comes at nightfall and disappears at cockcrow. (Cf. E452.) Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 86f. |
| G225.0.7 | Familiar to be fed on human meat. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 88, 90. |
| G225.1 | Insect as witch's familiar. (Fly, bee, gnat, spider.) Kittredge Witchcraft 180 n. 54; Tobler 40; England: Baughman. |
| G225.2 | Horse as witch's companion. *Howey 172ff.; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76, 87. |
| G225.3 | Cat as servant of witch. Fb "kat" II 107; Kittredge Witchcraft 177f. n. 36; England, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 660, 664; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G225.4 | Toad as witch's familiar. (Cf. G303.10.2.) Kittredge Witchcraft 182 nn. 76—87; England: Baughman; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76. |
| G225.5 | Witch has an army of dragons, lions and bears. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 271—75, Boberg. |
| G225.6 | Dog as witch's familiar. England: *Baughman; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76, 85; German: Grimm No. 85. |
| G225.7 | Other animal as witch's familiar. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G225.7.1 | Magician's familiar a pig. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76. |
| G225.7.2 | Magician's familiar a viper. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76, 92. |
| G225.8 | Minor devil or imp as witch's familiar. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G229 | Characteristics of witches—miscellaneous. |
| G229.1 | Soul of witch leaves the body. England, U.S.: Baughman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 315 No. 124. |
| G229.1.1 | Witch who is out of skin is prevented from reentering it when person salts or peppers skin. (Cf. G275.8.1.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G229.2 | Witch carries her children in her own body. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 269 No. 82. |
| G229.3 | Witches lack bread and salt. Fb "salt" III 148a. |
| G229.4 | Invulnerability of witches. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G229.4.1 | Witch can be killed only by certain lance. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G229.4.2 | Witch can catch bullets and send them back. (Cf. G265.8.3.1.2.) Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| G229.4.3 | Witch's body does not bleed when stuck with sharp object. (Cf. G225.0.1, G273.6.) England: Baughman. |
| G229.4.4 | Witch says her knees are beads (liver is lead, stomach is copper, or the like). Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 312. |
| G229.5 | Beautiful witch. (Cf. G264.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 660; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G229.6 | Witch's body melts stone she sits on. England: Baughman. |
| G229.7 | Blue lights follow witches. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G229.8 | Fire burns up and crackles when wizard passes fireplace. England: Baughman. |
| G230 | Habitat of witches. |
| G231 | Witch dwells on cliff. Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 119; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 152, Boberg. |
| G232 | Witch dwells on glass mountain. *Fb "glasbjærg" I 459—460, "heks" I 582. |
| G233 | Witch lives in fairy mound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G234 | Witch resides in tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G235 | Witch lives in monastery. (Cf. G243.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G236 | Witch lives in forest. German: Grimm Nos. 15, 60, 69, 123. |
| G240 | Habits of witches. |
| G241 | Witch rides. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G241.1 | Witch rides on unusual animal. |
| G241.1.1 | Witch rides on wolf. Fb "ulv" III 970a; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 226, 146, *Boberg; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 654. |
| G241.1.2 | Witch rides on goat. *Fb "buk" IV 77a; Kittredge Witchcraft 175 nn. 9—10; England: Baughman. |
| G241.1.3 | Witch rides on dog. *Fb "hund" I 676b. |
| G241.1.4 | Witch rides on cat. England: Baughman. |
| G241.1.4.1 | Witch rides on black cat. Fb "ride" III 53a. |
| G241.1.5 | Witch rides on whale. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G241.1.6 | Witch rides on cattle. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302. |
| G241.1.7 | Witch rides on tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G241.2 | Witch rides on person. Fb "ride" III 52b; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 649, 667; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302, Boberg. |
| G241.2.1 | Witch transforms man to horse and rides him. *Fb "hest" I 599a; England, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3656; Livonian: Loorits FFC XVI 62 No. 157; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 130 No. 71; Icelandic: Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII No. 306I. |
| G241.2.1.1 | Witch transforms person by means of magic bridle. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G241.2.2 | Person enchanted by witch's salve so as to be ridden by witch. *Fb "salve" III 151a. |
| G241.3 | Witch rides on horse. (Cf. G241.2.1.) Canada, England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G241.3.1 | Witch rides on horses transformed from straw. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G241.3.2 | Witch rides horses through air. England: Baughman. |
| G241.3.3 | Witch's horse or witch leaves mark on church steeple as he goes over. England: *Baughman. |
| G241.4 | Witch rides on object. |
| G241.4.1 | Witches ride on tubs using goose wings for oars. England: Baughman. |
| G241.4.2 | Witches travel on water in eggshells. England. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G241.4.3 | Witch travels over water in a sieve or a riddle. England, Scotland: *Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 660. |
| G241.4.4 | Witches ride on bee-hives. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3652. |
| G242 | Witch flies through air. Kittredge Witchcraft 29; *Penzer II 104, IX 57—59; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 300f.; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 150—56. |
| G242.1 | Witch flies through air on broomstick. Kittredge Witchcraft 243, 547 n. 33; Fb "lime" II 430, "limeskaft" II 430f.; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 81f. Nos. 675, 683; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 48 No. 106; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 138 No. 106; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3651; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 156. |
| G242.1.1 | Witch smears fat on brooms in preparation for flight. Fb "fejd"; Penzer IX 45 n. 1; England, U.S.: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 81f. Nos. 675, 683. |
| G242.1.2 | Witch rides stalk of broom (ragwort). England: *Baughman. |
| G242.2 | Witch flies as whirlwind. Fb "hvirvlevind" I 707b. |
| G242.3 | Witch flies through air on leaf. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G242.4 | Witches ride tree through the air. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G242.5 | Other objects that bear witches aloft. England: *Baughman. |
| G242.6 | Witches use magic aids for flying. (See D1531, G242.1.1.) |
| G242.7 | Person flying with witches makes mistake and falls. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G242.8 | Person imitates witch by putting ointment in eye: eye blinded. (Cf. F361.3.) England: Baughman. |
| G243 | Witch's sabbath. A meeting of witches in which church services are burlesqued. **Kittredge Witchcraft chapter XVI; Sahlgren Blеkulla och blеkullafärderna (Namn och Bygd 1915); Siebs Zs. f. Vksk. III 391; Schell ibid. IV 213; Gruessing ibid. III 172; *Fb "heks" I 580b, "Bloksbjærg" IV 49b, "Troms kirke" III 858b, 859ab, "Sankt Hansdag" III 161b, "Valborg aften" III 993a, "kirke" IV 258b.—England: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 81 Nos. 673—675; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3651; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 296 No. 23, 315 No. 128; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 151, 156, 157. |
| G243.1 | Obeisance to devil at witch's sabbath. England: Baughman; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151, 155, 156; West Indies: Flowers 444. |
| G243.1.1 | Witches kiss devil's tail. Fb "kysse". |
| G243.2 | Parody of church ceremony at witch's sabbath. Kittredge Witchcraft 243. |
| G243.2.1 | Witch's rosary consists of goat dung. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 329 No. 54. |
| G243.3 | Witches have sexual intercourse with devil or his minions. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G243.3.1 | Witch gives birth to toads and snakes after union with devil. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G243.4 | Witches worship demon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G244 | Witch spins. *Hoffmann Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 nn. 5—8. Cf. Types 480, 501. |
| G244.1 | Witch winds yarn. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G245 | Witch bathes. Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 n. 3. |
| G245.1 | Witch transforms self into snake when she bathes. Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117. |
| G246 | Witches bake bread. Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 117, 119 n. 4. |
| G247 | Witches dance. *Fb "danse" IV 93a; U.S.: Baughman; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 150, 155—157, 171. |
| G247.1 | Witches dance with devil at witch's holiday. England: *Baughman. |
| G248 | Witches feast on rich food and drink. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G248.1 | Man joins feast of witches. (Cf. G242.7.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G249 | Habits of witches—miscellaneous. |
| G249.1 | Witches drive herds of deer. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 239, 241, 255—57. |
| G249.2 | Witches scream. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G249.3 | Witch enters and leaves house by chimney. (Cf. F275, G242.1.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G249.4 | Witch returns late home and leaves early. BP III 38; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G249.5 | Witches boil cauldron of wizardry (cook dog). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G249.6 | Witch followed by husband; dies when discovered. (Cf. G252.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G249.7 | Witches go through keyholes. (Cf. F304.3.) England: *Baughman. |
| G249.8 | Witches open doors and windows. (Cf. E338.1.1.4.) England: Baughman. |
| G249.9 | Witches vanish from prison. England: *Baughman. |
| G249.10 | Witches can see in the dark. England: Baughman. |
| G249.10.1 | Witches use eyes of animals to travel at night. They leave their own eyes at home, substitute those of an animal. (Cf. E781.1.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G249.11 | Witches rock empty chairs. (Cf. F473.2.1.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G250 | Recognition of witches. |
| G250.1 | Man discovers his wife is a witch. Papua: Ker 68. |
| G251 | Witch recognized by seeing wandering soul return. |
| G251.1 | Witch recognized by seeing wasp (beetle) enter her mouth while asleep. Only when it enters can she be awakened. Tobler 39f.; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 83 No. 684. |
| G251.1.1 | Separable soul of witch in parrot. (Cf. E732.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G251.2 | Witch recognized when skin of witch is found with soul absent. (Cf. G229.1.1.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G252 | Witch in form of cat has hand cut off: recognized next morning by missing hand. Taylor MPh XVII (1919) 59 n. 8; Wales, U.S.: *Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 660; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3657, 3684; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 25, 307 No. 31, 325 Nos. 7, 15; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 170, 171; Japanese: Ikeda; West Indies: Flowers 444. |
| G252.0.1 | A cat in form of an old woman has hand cut off; recognized next morning by missing paw. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G252.1 | Witch killed as whale. She herself is sitting at home. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G252.2 | Goat's tongue pierced with sharp needle; consequently, witch is sick with pierced tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G252.3 | Bird's neck broken: rakshasa dies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G253 | Witch's horns discovered by lousing her. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 315 No. 128, 329 No. 53. |
| G254 | Witch known by inability to rise from chair with four-leaf clover under it. *Fb "heks" I 581b. |
| G254.1 | Witch cannot rise if ring lies under her chair. *Fb "ring." |
| G254.2 | Witch known by inability to rise from chair with salt under cushion. (Cf. G271.3.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G255 | Witch known by hose unbound on one leg. Fb "hosebеnd" I 650. |
| G257 | Charms to cause witch to reveal herself. (Cf. G271.) |
| G257.1 | Burning object forces witch to reveal herself: sympathetic magic. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G257.2 | Reading Bible backwards causes witch to reveal herself. (Cf. D1985.2.) England: Baughman. |
| G257.3 | Turning table, cutting notches in it causes witch to reveal herself. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G257.4 | Taking tile from witch's house forces her to reveal herself. England: Baughman. |
| G257.5 | Person puts man's breeches over cow's head; the cow stops in front of witch's house. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G257.6 | Person places three notched elder twigs under bowl. Witch is forced to remove them, thus revealing herself. England: Baughman. |
| G259 | Witch recognition—miscellaneous methods. England: *Baughman. |
| G259.1 | Witch recognized by looking in or through magic object. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G259.2 | Witch recognized by odor. (Cf. G303.4.8.1, G303.6.3.4.) England: Baughman. |
| G259.3 | Witch may be recognized by absence of bleeding when she is pricked with pins. England: Baughman. |
| G259.4 | Witch may be recognized after death by great weight of corpse. (Cf. E400.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G259.5 | Witch stretches out her hand and brings water from ocean without getting out of her bed; is recognized. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G260 | Evil deeds of witches. *Kittredge Witchcraft passim; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3665; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 160—171 passim. |
| G261 | Witch steals children. *Type 710; *Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 121 n. 3; Krappe Balor 87ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 233. |
| G261.1 | Witch steals child with hand through chimney. (Cf. G369.5.) Kittredge Arthur and Gorlagon (Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature VIII) 222ff. |
| G262 | Murderous witch. Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G262.0.1 | Lamia. Witch who eats children. *Kittredge Witchcraft 224f, 532 nn. 104—108; India: Thompson-Balys, Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 588, II 407, 676; Papua: Ker 45, 64, 121, 141; Africa (Fang): Trilles 249, (Wachaga): Gutman 92. |
| G262.0.1.1 | Lamia devours her lover. Kittredge Witchcraft 225, 532 n. 114. |
| G262.1 | Witch sucks blood. Striges. *Kittredge Witchcraft 224f., 531f. nn. 103—114; England: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G262.1.1 | Witch's cat as sucker of blood. Kittredge Witchcraft 178 n. 36. |
| G262.1.2 | Witch sucks blood from woman's or child's breasts. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G262.1.3 | Witches suck blood from the navel of a child without anyone knowing it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G262.2 | Witch eats person's entrails (heart). *Kittredge Witchcraft 225, 532 n. 113; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G262.3 | Witch in animal form kills. |
| G262.3.1 | Witch in form of she-goat kills men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G262.3.2 | Witch as cat causes death. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G262.4 | Witch kills with aid of witch-ball (hair rolled in beeswax). The ball is sometimes found in the mouth of dead victims. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G262.5 | Witch takes out man's liver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263 | Witch injures, enchants or transforms. *Types 303, 442; BP I 528ff., III 9; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3654f., 3672ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 7, II No. 7; West Indies: Flowers 445. |
| G263.0.1 | Witch (female demon) has persons she has enchanted as servants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1 | Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.) German: Grimm Nos. 11, 49, 69, 123, 141, 197; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.0.1 | Witch transforms her lovers into animals. Circe. *Krappe Balor 44ff.; *Anderson Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde XXVIII 212 n. 2; Gaster Oldest Stories 47. |
| G263.1.1 | Witch transforms man to bear. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G263.1.2 | Witch transforms person to seal. Ireland: Baughman. |
| G263.1.3 | Witch transforms man to cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.4 | Witch transforms husband into dog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.5 | Witch transforms man to bird. |
| G263.1.5.1 | Witch transforms man to crow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.1.5.2 | Witch transforms man to dove. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 344. |
| G263.2 | Witch transforms man to object. (Cf. D200.) |
| G263.2.1 | Witch transforms to stone. German: Grimm No. 60, 85; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.2.1.1 | Witch transforms man into soapstone. U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G263.2.2 | Witch transforms man to tree. German: Grimm No. 123. |
| G263.3 | Witch causes other transformation. |
| G263.3.1 | Witch transforms townspeople into witches. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G263.3.2 | Witch transforms girl into man. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G263.4 | Witch causes sickness. (Cf. D2064.) Icelandic: *Boberg; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 344. |
| G263.4.0.1 | Illness caused by curse of witch. England: Baughman. |
| G263.4.1 | Witch causes toothache. England: *Baughman. |
| G263.4.2 | Witch causes fits. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G263.4.3 | Witch cripples or lames through illness. (Cf. G269.11.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G263.4.4 | Witch makes person dumb. England: Baughman. |
| G263.4.5 | Witch makes person blind. German: Grimm No. 135. |
| G263.5 | Witch revives dead. (Cf. E0.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G263.6 | Witchcraft causes maiden to hate lover. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G263.7 | Witch causes insanity. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G263.8 | Witch makes person lousy. England: Baughman. |
| G264 | La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Witch entices men with offers of love and then deserts or destroys them. Hartland Science 71; Huet Contes Populaires 47; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 172; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 259; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Mitford 243ff., 254ff., 275ff.; Korean: Zong in-Sob 74, 100; Marquesas: Handy 48; N. A. Indian (Micmac): Parsons JAFL XXXVIII 94 No. 26, (Seneca): CurtinHewitt RBAE XXXII 402 No. 71, 425 No. 79, 485 No. 105, (Fox): Owen PFLS LI 87, (Yurok): Powers CNAE III 59, (Anvik): Chapman PAES VI 67 No. 11; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 251. |
| G264.0.1 | Ogress bathes in pool, is transformed into beautiful maiden, and becomes king's favorite wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G264.1 | Woman is death of all who behold her. Indo-Chinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 267. |
| G264.2 | Witch's kisses disfigure person. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G264.3 | Female ogre seduces men with charm (words). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G264.3.1 | Witch disguised becomes queen, devours king's horses nightly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G264.4 | Fairy-like witch marries man and causes him misfortune. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G265 | Witch abuses property. |
| G265.1 | Witch scatters tools at night. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 263. |
| G265.2 | Witch drowns foal. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 251. |
| G265.3 | Witch rides horse at night. Howie 174ff.; *Kittredge Witchcraft 219, 527 n. 66; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650, 667; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3657, 3683f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G265.3.1 | Witch's hair on horse becomes iron. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| G265.4 | Witches cause disease or death of animals. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302. |
| G265.4.0.1 | Witch punishes owner for injury or slight by killing his animals. (Cf. G269.10.) England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.4.1 | Witch causes death of animals. England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.4.2 | Witch causes illness of animals. (Cf. D2066) England, Scotland, U.S., Canada: *Baughman. |
| G265.5 | Witch maims animals. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.6 | Witch causes animals to behave unnaturally. |
| G265.6.1 | Witch causes pigs to behave unnaturally. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.6.1.1 | Witch causes pigs to dance. England: Baughman. |
| G265.6.2 | Witch causes cattle to behave unnaturally. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.6.2.1 | Witch causes cattle to run about wildly. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.6.3 | Witch causes horse to behave unnaturally. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.6.4 | Witch causes dog to behave unnaturally. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.6.4.1 | Witch causes dog to dance on hind legs. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.7 | Witch controls actions of animals. (Cf. D2072.0.2, D2083.2.) England, Scotland, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.8 | Witch bewitches objects. (Cf. D2072, D2081, D2087.1, D2071.0.2.) |
| G265.8.1 | Witch bewitches household articles. (Cf. D2083.3, D2083.4., D2084.1, D2084.2.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.8.2 | Witch bewitches clothing. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.8.3 | Witch bewitches implements and machinery. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.8.3.1 | Witch bewitches gun. |
| G265.8.3.1.1 | Gun bewitched so that it will not hit target. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.8.3.1.2 | Witch throws bullets back at shooter. (Cf. F473.6.5, G229.4.2.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.8.3.2 | Witch bewitches wagon. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.8.4 | Object bewitched—miscellaneous. |
| G265.8.4.1 | Witch causes hangman's rope to dance so that it cannot be tied to hang her. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.8.4.2 | Witch bewitches goose eggs so that they do not hatch. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G265.8.5 | Witch bewitches buildings. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G265.9 | Witches ruin crop. (Cf. G283.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 667; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 302. |
| G265.9.1 | Witch kills balsam plant after owner refuses to give some to the witch. England: Baughman. |
| G265.10 | Witches bewitch trees. |
| G265.10.1 | Witches shake fruit off trees to punish owner. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G266 | Witches steal. (Cf. D2087, K300.) |
| G266.1 | Invisible witches steal goods in market. (Cf. F235.4.1.) England: Baughman. |
| G267 | Man pursued by witches. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 342, 344. |
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