Mauve Sorciere
The mauve sorcière is a witch figure of French folklore identified by Claude Lecouteux, whose name refers to the purple-tinged assemblies of witches, perhaps tied to the Devil's Sabbath. These gatherings at crossroads and isolated places mark the color mauve as the hue of the witches' supernatural realm. The figure condenses the fear of rural witchcraft and the sabbat in French folk belief.