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These are witches' sabbath motives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches'_Sabbath
1454 seems to be early for these myths to go around, but it definitely started in the late middle ages.
I know - I have translated quite a few tales of witches' gatherings.
Still, the insect that flies to each person's head is a rather striking and unique element.
I'm curious now if there are other cases where they talk about insects. I should have acces to a lot of French sources. I should look into that over the weekend.