Witch and Priest Juxtaposed: Two Figures from Irish Traditional
Witch and Priest Juxtaposed: Two Figures from Irish Traditional

Summary/Abstract: This paper will deal with two traditional characters of Irish folk tradition: the Parish Priest and the Witch. Both two characters feature in historical narratives including a range of legends, fabulates and memorates. In this article, I will look particularly closely at two discrete legend types which are categorised by Reider H Christiansen as; ML 3015 The Cardplayers and the Devil and ML 3055, The Witch that was Hurt while referring briefly to other aspects of tradition or, more specifically (after Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, MLSIT 3056, The Witch as Hare, an Irish adaption of the internationally known narrative.

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