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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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A
Mythological Motifs
B
Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| G361.1.4 | Seven-headed ogre. Jewish: Neuman |
| G361.1.5 | Ten-headed ogre. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 75. |
| G361.2 | Great head as ogre. Head detached from body pursues or flies about doing damage. N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 262, 291; S. A. Indian (Caviсa, Tumupasa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448, (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 329. |
| G361.3 | Headless ogre. Penzer IX 88 n. |
| G362 | Ogre monstrous as to nose. |
| G362.1 | Noseless ogre. Eskimo: Alexander N. Am. 7. |
| G362.2 | Pug-nosed ogre. Eskimo: Alexander N. Am. 7. |
| G363 | Ogre monstrous as to mouth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G363.1 | Ogre with flaming mouth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G363.2 | Large tusks grown from ogre's mouth. Chinese: Graham. |
| G363.3 | Diamond-toothed ogre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G365 | Ogre monstrous as to feet. |
| G365.1 | Ogre with feet reversed. Penzer IX 160; S. A. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 327. |
| G365.2 | Ogress can extend leg or arm any distance. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G366 | Ogre monstrous as to trunk. |
| G366.1 | Ogres who have no belly. S. A. Indian (Fuegian): Alexander Lat. Am. 340. |
| G367 | Ogre monstrous as to blood. |
| G367.1 | Blood of five ogres colored yellow, red, white, green, black. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369 | Monstrous ogres—miscellaneous. |
| G369.1 | Rakshasa. Dog or ape-shaped; red hair and eyes; mouth reaching from ear to ear; ears pointed like spears; shape-changers; cannibals; three heads, five feet, four eyes, no fingers, bear-neck, horns. Attack women. Hindu: Keith 98, Penzer X 277 s.v. "Rakshasas"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.1 | Rakshasas have power of extending bodies eighty miles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.2 | Rakshasa can be defeated by hero who has rakshasi blood in his veins. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.3 | Rakshasa eats many of the domestic animals each night. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.4 | Rakshasa eats horse, dog, and child. Suspected Ranis ordered for execution. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.5 | Man persecuted by a rakshasa in form of beautiful wench. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.6 | Rakshasa hidden in deer's head swallows men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.7 | Rakshasa's mistress with her head severed lying in a pool of blood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.2 | Genie in form of smoke, taking shape with three wings, one on back. Chauvin V 262 No. 154. |
| G369.3 | Ogre without a shadow. Cowell Jataka V 18. |
| G369.4 | Ogre has head and tail of a cat. (Cf. G361.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| G369.5 | Ogre (demon) with long arm (demon hand) which is thrust down chimney (through door, etc.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G369.6 | One-breasted ogress. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.7 | One-eyed demon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G370 | Ogres—miscellaneous. |
| G371 | Stone giants. (Stone coats.) N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 178, 330, 344, 438, 682. |
| G371.1 | Ogre clothed in rock. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 79. |
| G372 | "Rain" as ogre in bull form. Gaster Oldest Stories 47; Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 193. |
| G375 | Wonderful birds guarded by monster. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G376 | Ogre in shape of small boy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G377 | Tupilac. Monster made of parts of corpses of animals and vivified. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 151f., 201, 461, Holm 59, 69, Rasmussen III 290f., 295. |
| G400 | Person falls into ogre's power. *Types 311, 312. |
| G401 | Children wander into ogre's house. *Types 327, 327**; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 326 No. 1; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 48 No. 327E*, Espinosa Jr. No. 81; West Indies: Flowers 453. |
| G401.1 | Mistake of elder leads two brothers to the home of ogre. Alu: Wheeler 50. |
| G402 | Pursuit of animal leads to ogre's house. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G402.1 | Pursuit of bird leads to ogre's house. Type 313; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 108. |
| G402.2 | Pursuit of mongoose leads to witch's house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G403 | Ogre in animal form lures victim into captivity. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 542b nn. 23—27; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G405 | Man on hunt falls into ogre's (witch's) power. Type 303; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G406 | Lost (marooned) person falls into ogre's power. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G410 | Person betrayed into ogre's power. India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 76 No. 1. |
| G411 | Person aids ogre and is captured. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 75, (Basuto): Jacottet 236 No. 34. |
| G412 | Children lured into ogre's house. Mono-Alu-Fauru: Wheeler 44f.; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 189, 311. |
| G412.1 | Ogre's gingerbread house lures child. *Type 327. |
| G413 | Ogre disguises voice to lure victim. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 64 No. 10; West Indies: Flowers 453. |
| G414 | Ogress invites boys to live in her house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G420 | Capture by ogre. |
| G421 | Ogre traps victim. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 258 No. 38. |
| G422 | Ogre imprisons victim. *Type 327; Oceanic (New Zealand, Mangaia, Rotuma): Dixon 62. |
| G422.1 | Ogre imprisons victim in drum. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 62 No. 10, (Kaffir): Kidd 233 No. 4, (Yoruba): Ellis 261 No. 1. |
| G423 | Ball falling into water puts person into ogre's (witch's, water spirit's) power. *Type 440; BP I 226. |
| G424 | Bridal party will not pass over bridge for fear of water-demon. Fb "bro" IV 62a. |
| G426 | Ogre draws girl over waterfall. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 26. |
| G440 | Ogre abducts person. |
| G441 | Ogre carries victim in bag (basket). *Type 327; Norwegian: Christiansen 43f. No. 327**; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 85; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 351 n. 268a, (California): Gayton and Newman 96; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 66 No. 10, (Kaffir): Theal 120, 134, (Zulu): Callaway 75. |
| G442 | Child-stealing demon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G442.1 | Ogre abducts new-born babe, keeping it captive for seven years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G442.2 | Child watched throughout night as protection against child-stealing demon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G450 | Falling into ogre's power—miscellaneous. |
| G451 | Following witch's fire into her power. *Type 303. |
| G452 | Youth takes service with ogre. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 25. |
| G455 | Falling into ogre's power through fascination with his daughter. (Cf. G530.2.) Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/152). |
| G461 | Youth promised to ogre visits ogre's home. *Types 313, 314, 313***; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G461.1 | Boy in ogre's house sees many human heads placed in rows: heads smile and weep. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G462 | Person as servant in ogre's house. Types 314, 428; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G462.1 | Hero as giant's (ogre's) goatherd. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G463 | Ogre guesses correctly and gets princess. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| G464 | Ogre tyrannizes over fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G465 | Ogre sets impossible tasks. *Type 313; Chinese: Graham; Africa (Benga): Nassau 215 No. 33. |
| G466 | Lousing as task set by ogre. *Type 480, Roberts 167f.; Greek: Frazer Pausanias V 269f.; Africa: Werner African 205. |
| G475 | Ogre attacks intruders. |
| G475.1 | Ogre attacks intruders in house in woods. *Type 301; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 34, 433; Borneo: *Dixon 188 n. 6. |
| G475.2 | Ogre attacks intruders on bridge. *Type 301. |
| G476 | Ugly ogre terrifies women who flee and are drowned. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G477 | Ogre kills men and rapes women. Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G478 | Ogre kills noisy children. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 47; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 191. |
| G500 | Ogre defeated. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 86; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 341. |
| G501 | Stupid ogre. *Types 311, 312, 327, 328, 330, 1000—1199; **Wünsche Teufel; Gaster Thespis 328; **Hackman Die Polyphemsage; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 277, Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "diable"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 3; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer III 33 N. 3, 34 n.; Chinese: Werner 211; Filipino: Fansler MAFLS XII 51, 376; German New Guinea: Dixon 133ff.; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 351f. nn. 268, 268a, 270a, 270b, 271, 271b, (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 445, (California): Gayton and Newman 69. For incidents connected with the stupid ogre see G500—G599, besides the many cases of deception scattered throughout chapter K. |
| G510 | Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G510.1 | Defeated giant gives his daughter to victor. (Cf. G512.0.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G510.2 | Secrets forced from overpowered monster. (Cf. G515.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G510.3 | Defeated giant becomes friend and helper of victor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G510.4 | Hero overcomes devastating animal. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 125ff., 135—38; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G510.5 | Ogress with knife tail defeated by hunter. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 160, III 151, Rink 160. |
| G511 | Ogre blinded. **Hackman die Polyphemsage; Gaster Thespis 334; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G511.1 | One-eyed giant (ogre) blinded (and killed) by arrow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G512 | Ogre killed. *Type 328; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 59 No. 140; India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/249); Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 107, 138; West Indies: Flowers 454. |
| G512.0.1 | Hero kills trouble-making evil strong men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.0.2 | Ogre's daughter killed together with her father. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga XVII 1, XVIII 7, Boberg. |
| G512.0.3 | Hero killing an ogress gains her adopted daughter for his wife. (Cf. G510.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.1 | Ogre killed with knife (sword). Type 327***; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| G512.1.1 | Giant killed with magic knife. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "géant". |
| G512.1.2 | Ogre decapitated. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.1.2.1 | Ogre's head and hands cut off and hung above city gate. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.2 | Ogre stoned to death. English: Wells 117 (Sir Torrent of Portyngale). |
| G512.3 | Ogre burned to death. Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 81; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 141, 195, 445; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 353 n. 274, (California): Gayton and Newman 70; Africa (Fang): Trilles 253, (Duala): Lederbogen Fables 57. |
| G512.3.1 | Ogre killed by throwing hot stones (metal) into his throat. Oceanic (New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, Melanesia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Polynesia): Dixon 61, 63, 69, 86, 133 n. 6; Maori: Beckwith Myth 196; Tahiti: ibid. 197 n. 21 and ch. 13 passim; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 324 n. 167, 353 n. 274, (California): Gayton and Newman 70; Africa (Congo): Weeks 203 No. 1, (Fang): Tessman 150, (Boloki): Weeks Congo 203. |
| G512.3.2 | Ogre burned in his own oven. *Type 327; *Cosquin RTP XXV 1, 65, 126 (= études 349ff.); Saintyves Perrault 277ff.; Missouri French: Carrière; Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 314 No. 54; India: Thompson-Balys; Filipino: Fansler MAFLS XII 442; Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 190 No. 9; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 271 No. 83. |
| G512.3.2.1 | Ogre's wife (daughter) burned in his own oven. *Types 327, 327*; **Cosquin études 349ff. (= RTP XXV 1ff.); Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 172; Finnish-Swedish: Hackman FFC VI No. *327C; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *327C, 327D; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 113 No. 8; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 280 No. 98. |
| G512.3.3 | Grass as fuel for burning ogre. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 79. |
| G512.3.4 | Jinn falls into cauldron of boiling oil, thinking it is food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.4 | Ogre persuaded to go into hole: buried alive. Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| G512.5 | Ogre killed by burning external soul. |
| G512.5.1 | Ogre killed by burning feather containing his life. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.6 | Giant killed by cutting his foot (feet) off. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G512.6.1 | Giant's (ogre's) arm pulled (cut) off by defender of castle (house). Irish myth: Cross. |
| G512.7 | Backbone of ogre's old mother broken. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G512.8 | Ogre killed by striking. |
| G512.8.1 | Ogre killed by striking with club. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.8.2 | Ogre killed by striking with stones. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.8.3 | Boy sends magic spear against six-headed ogre and slays him. (Cf. B11.11.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 104. |
| G512.8.4 | Ogre whipped to death. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 14. |
| G512.9 | Animal kills ogre. (Cf. B524.) |
| G512.9.1 | Ogre killed by helpful dogs. Africa: Biblioteca Africana IV 60. |
| G512.9.2 | Ogre torn to pieces by birds. Africa (Wachaga): Gutman 95. |
| G512.10 | Ogre killed by lightning. Africa (Fang): Trilles 164. |
| G512.11 | Ogre drowned. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule (G519.4); Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1110, z-G. 13/249); Hawaii: Beckwith 174. |
| G513 | Ogre killed and resuscitated so as to be of help to hero. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G513.1 | Grateful ogre resuscitates his benefactor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514 | Ogre captured. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514.0.1 | Demon must bring treasure to those who have released him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514.1 | Ogre trapped in box (cage). *Type 328; Köhler-Bolte I 306; Missouri French: Carrière; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "boite"; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 244; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 359ff. |
| G514.2 | Ogre imprisoned in his own house. Type 1167*. |
| G514.2.1 | Ogre imprisoned in cave. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514.3 | Ogre caught in noose and killed. New Zealand: Dixon 61, Beckwith 266; Hawaii: Beckwith 174. |
| G514.4 | Ogre captured while transformed to animal. Missouri French: Carrière; Chinese: Werner 359. |
| G514.5 | Ogre tied to rock. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 268. |
| G514.5.1 | Hero pegs ogress to boulder. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514.6 | Ogresses caught in flood of lava. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 174. |
| G514.7 | Ogre captured with decoy smeared with tar. He is then killed and thrown into water. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Fables 60, 74. |
| G514.8 | Ogre captured by animal. |
| G514.8.1 | Ogre captured by tortoise. Africa (Fang): Tessman 16. |
| G515 | Holy men keep devils under control. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G519 | Ogre killed through other tricks. |
| G519.1 | Ogre's wife killed through other tricks. Type 1122. |
| G519.1.1 | Faithful hound kills ogre's wife. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G519.1.2 | Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 190. |
| G519.1.3 | Ogress lured in bridal bed and killed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G519.1.4 | Ogress tricked into falling into boiling spring. Maori: Beckwith Myth 196. |
| G519.2 | Ogre killed with his own iron bar. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G519.3 | Cliff ogre thrown as food to his children. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 335. |
| G519.4 | Ogre killed by blades falling in his food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G519.5 | Giant ogre tricked into running round a tree the branches of which catch the strokes of his iron bar, until he falls down dead. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G520 | Ogre deceived into self-injury. *Type 328; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 359. |
| G521 | Ogre made drunk and overcome. *BP III 106; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 32f.; Gaster Thespis 328; Japanese: Anesaki 306; Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 258 No. 1. |
| G522 | Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry bursts. *Type 327; BP I 115; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G522.1 | Ogre drinks till he bursts—turns into fog. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 104; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 141. |
| G523 | Ogre kills self when he sees crumbs lying on his belly. Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 243. |
| G524 | Ogre deceived into stabbing himself. He imitates the hero who has stabbed a bag of blood. Fb "mave" II 565; S. A. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 300; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| G524.1 | Ogre deceived into hanging himself. Chinese: Graham; Africa (Masai): Fuchs Sagen, Mythen, und Sitten der Masai (Jena, 1910) 21ff. No. 4. |
| G525 | Sea people give the ogre brandy (tar). Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 62**; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 47 No. 68. |
| G525.1 | Witch wishes to have as pretty teeth as man: drinks boiling oil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G526 | Ogre deceived by feigned ignorance of hero. Hero must be shown how to get into oven (or the like). Ogre shows him and permits himself to be burnt. *Type 327; *Cosquin RTP XXV 1, 65, 126; Penzer I 157 n. 2, VII 123, 263; Saintyves Perrault 276; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 244; Africa (Benga): Nassau 121ff. No. 12, (Zanzibar): Bateman 187 No. 9. |
| G527 | Giant killed by his own bucket of death water; captive princess tells him to wash. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G528 | Stupid ogre duped into cutting off his own buttocks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G530 | Ogre's relative aids hero. |
| G530.1 | Help from ogre's wife (mistress). *Types 302, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 160; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ogresse"; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 325 n. 171. |
| G530.1.1 | Giant overcome and slain when his wife binds his hair to posts. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G530.2 | Help from ogre's daughter (or son). (Cf. G455.) *Type 975**; **Aarne FFC XXIII 160f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 54, *Boberg; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 9, V No. 4; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 8f., 31, 44ff., 48; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 325 n. 171; S. A. Indian (Ceuici): Alexander Lat. Am. 303; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 49, (Ekoi): Talbot 7. |
| G530.3 | Help from ogre's mother. *Aarne FFC XXIII 158; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 86; India: *Thompson-Balys; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 274 No. 86. |
| G530.4 | Help from ogre's grandmother. *Type 812; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G530.5 | Help from old woman in ogre's house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G530.6 | Ogre's maidservant as helper. Chinese: Graham. |
| G532 | Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood. *Type 327, 425, 461, 480; *Aarne FFC XXIII 161; Tegethoff 44; *BP I 289; *Fb "fugl" I 380; *Saintyves Perrault 303ff.; Roberts 219.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 16, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 203, (Greenland): Rink 218; Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 133, (Basuto): Jacottet 206 No. 30, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 124 No. 22. |
| G534 | Ogre tells wife how people may evade his power. Chinese: Graham. |
| G535 | Captive woman in ogre's house helps hero. Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G537 | Ogre defeated with divine help. |
| G537.1 | Ogre defeated with help of goddess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G550 | Rescue from ogre. *Types 311, 312, 313, 314, 590; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "Barbe-bleu"; Missouri French: Carrière; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 30; Indonesia: Dixon 227; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 83; North Africa: *Saintyves Perrault 267; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 271 No. 83, 273 No. 86. |
| G551 | Rescue from ogre by relative. |
| G551.1 | Rescue of sister from ogre by brother. *Type 312; Krappe Revue Celtique XLVIII (1931) 99ff., Rheinisches Museum f. Philologie N. F. LXXX 114ff. —Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *454; Eskimo (W. Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 195; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 274 No. 86; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 146, (Kaffir): Theal 134, (Hottentot): Bleek 62 No. 27. |
| G551.2 | Rescue of sister from ogre by another sister. *Type 311; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 103 No. 7. |
| G551.3 | Rescue of children from ogre by brother. *Type 327*; Africa (Kaffir): Kidd 233 No. 4; Jamaica: Beckwith XVII 271 No. 83. |
| G551.3.1 | Rescue of children from giant (ogre) by hero (skillful companions). Irish myth: Cross. |
| G551.4 | One brother rescues another from ogre. Type 303; German: Grimm Nos. 60, 85; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G551.4.1 | One foster brother rescues another from ogre. Type 303; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G551.5 | Cannibal is killed by his wife's relatives. Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 633. |
| G552 | Rescue from ogre by helpful animals. *Type 312; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 85; Africa (Kaffir): Kidd 226 No. 1, (Zulu): Callaway 147; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 274 No. 86. |
| G555 | Rescue from ogre by means of singing. *Type 327; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 271 No. 83. |
| G556 | Recognition of captive's voice brings about rescue from ogre. Usually captive sings in the bag. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 64, 134, (Zulu): Callaway 75; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 273 No. 85. |
| G560 | Ogre deceived into releasing prisoner. |
| G561 | Ogre tricked into carrying his prisoners home in bag on his own back. *Types 311, 1132; Chauvin VI 30 No. 201; Africa (Congo): Weeks 202 No. 1, 212 No. 7. |
| G570 | Ogre overawed. *Types 1145—1154; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| G571 | Oaths (abusive speeches) drive ogres away. Fb "bande" IV 24a. |
| G572 | Ogre overawed by trick. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G572.1 | Ogre deceived by throwing burning oil instead of spittle on him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G572.2 | Ogre deceived by showing sharp knife or sword for nose or tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G580 | Ogre otherwise subdued. |
| G581 | Ogres chased away by fire. *Chauvin VII 82 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| G582 | Giants appeased by feeding them. *Type 531; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12. |
| G582.1 | Demons bribed with food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G583 | Demons coerced by tabus of druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G584 | Ogre polluting the wells driven away by shooting. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G585 | Ogre tortured by not being allowed to sleep. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 28. |
| G610 | Theft from ogre. *Types 328, 314*; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 54, Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "argent"; Japanese: Anesaki 314; Molucca: Dixon 230; West Indies: Flowers 454f. |
| G610.1 | Stealing from ogre for revenge. *Type 328. |
| G610.2 | Stealing from ogre to help a friendly king. *Type 328. |
| G610.3 | Stealing from ogre as task. *Type 328; *BP III 21 n. 1; Christiansen 45 No. 328; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 7; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G612 | The one eye of the three giants stolen. Type 328*. |
| G613 | Ogre's charm stolen. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G614 | Killing of ogre's cattle, sheep, etc. brings on ogre's anger. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G630 | Characteristics of ogres. |
| G631 | Ogre so old that his eyelids must be propped up. *Krappe Balor 4 n 15; *Fb "öje" III 1167a. |
| G631.1 | Thousand year old ogre. Korean: Zong in-Sob 99, 169. |
| G632 | Ogre who cannot endure daylight. (Cf. G636.) Penzer I 77. |
| G633 | North as abode of evil spirits. Wimberly 136; Irish myth: Cross; Gaster Oldest Stories 233, Jewish: Neuman. |
| G634 | Genie sleeps with eyes open. Chauvin VI 2 No. 181 n. 1. |
| G635 | Ogre revives after limbs are severed. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 71; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 51. |
| G635.1 | Monster's returning head. Joins body after it has been severed. *Kittredge Gawain 147ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G636 | Ogres powerless after cockcrow. (Cf. G632.) Penzer I 77 n.; Japanese: Ikeda; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 106 No. 7. |
| G637 | Ogres live in trees. Melanesian, Indonesian: Dixon 63. |
| G638 | Ogre powerless to cross stream. Penzer III 236. |
| G639 | Ogress lives in water. (Cf. F420.1.4.9, F426.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 280—81, Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 152, Boberg. |
| G650 | Unclassified ogre motifs. |
| G651 | Ogre teaches smith how to transform sand in his smithy. Type 1163; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 753. |
| G652 | Ogre sings constantly, usually own name. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| G653 | Ogre attracts attention by whistling. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 92. |
| G655 | Ogre's ashes cast on stream cause rapids to stop. Also kill all creatures in the stream. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 132, *Cross. |
| G661 | Ogre's secret overheard. Christiansen FFC XXIV 68ff.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G661.1 | Ogre's secret overheard from tree. *Types 613, 812; *BP III 13; Christiansen FFC XXIV 68ff. |
| G661.2 | Ogre's secret overheard by masking as bird. *Type 812; *Dh I 194ff. |
| G665 | Vanquished ogre grants hero's three wishes. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 149, *Cross. |
| G671 | Wild man released from captivity aids hero. *Type 502; BP III 94ff.; Dickson 121 n. 64; Jones PMLA XXIII 567; Missouri French: Carrière; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G672 | Hero in service of wild man. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 1. |
| G674 | Ogre's wife jealous of him. India; Thompson-Balys. |
| G675 | Ogres harnessed to plow. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charrue". |
| G676 | Ogre carrying mortar and pestle. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| G677 | Ogress attracted by scent of sugar cane ravages city. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G681 | Ogre gives riddle on pain of death. *Penzer I 51; Slavic: Máchal 267; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G682 | Large price exacted for curing ogre after wounding him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G683 | Cannibal offers wealth to save his life. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G691 | Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 351 n. 268b. |
| G691.1 | Giants keep corpses on hand to eat. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 25. |
| G691.2 | Widow(s) of ogre's victims seen at ogre's house. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G691.3 | Maimed victims seen at ogre's house. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G691.4 | Lost husband's bones found among cannibals. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 27. |
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