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.
(1) Compare Jacottet, 166–175, and Lewis, 253–255.
(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.