{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/jas/jas080n.htm","path":"afr/jas/jas080n.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/jas/jas080n.htm","text":"There are two parts to this story. (1) The witch step-mother discovers that the girl has eaten food in her house and threatens to drown her. (2) The lover comes to rescue her and fights the step-mother.\n(1) Compare Jacottet, 166-175, and Lewis, 253-255.\n(2) For the fight, compare numbers 69, 79, 88, 89, 90. For the fight with eggs see number 79 and compare Fortier, 11-13. Eggs are used as propitiatory offerings to a water monster, as in Dayrell, 130, and are among the most useful objects employed for conjuring. In Zeltner, 1-6, eggs are used for magical purposes in the fight with a witch, but arrows serve as the actual weapons.","title":"Note 80. The Witch and the Grain of Peas.","type":"page"}