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Children by Queen of Elphen, 44, 242

Date of account
Published 1921
Source
The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Reference
The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology · selected passage 217
Rights
public_domain
Language
English with quoted European trial material
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Children by Queen of Elphen, 44, 242

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Boy in green, 37, 244. Boys, 245. Children by Queen of Elphen, 44, 242. Colour of clothes, 37, 140, 240-2, 244. Connexion between witches and fairies, 14. Controlled with the Phairie, 243. Court of Elfin, 240, 241. Dances, 132, 239, 242, 244. Description of elves, 242. Dress of Queen, 244. Elf bulls, 244-5. Fairies and witches, 238-46. Familiar, 46, 229, 243. Folk, 241, 242. Foster child, 242. Hill, 36, 243, 245. Hours for consultation, 240. Human sacrifice, 238, 246. Instruction by, 195, 239, 241, 243-4. Kane-bairn, 246. King, 244. King-making, 242. Man in green, 140, 241. Men, 195, 240-3, 245. Money, 155, 241, 245. Plaids, 240, 242. Puck, 238. Puckrels, 241. Queen, 14, 44, 45, 47, 128, 189, 190, 240-2, 244, 245. Rings, 132, 244. Robin, 127, 154, 163, 208, 211, 218, 225, 238, 245. Sickness cast by, 241, 245. Squint-Ey'd Elf, 246. Thomas a Fearie, 230. Threats against traitor, 201. Tree, 238-9. White hackneys, 242.

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