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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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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| G303.17.1 | When the devil disappears. |
| G303.17.1.1 | Devil disappears when cock crows. (Cf. G303.16.19.4.) Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 294 U.S.: Baughman; German: Grimm No. 121, 195, Penzer I 77, IX 143; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3252, Legends Nos. 344ff., 353—357, 359f., 363, 493, 495, 593, 690, 696ff., 737f., 759, 761, 763, 772, 812, 822, 829, 856; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.17.1.2 | Devil rebels and disappears on last day. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.17.1.3 | Devil disappears after erection of Tabernacle. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.17.2 | Physical circumstances of devil's disappearance. |
| G303.17.2.1 | Devil detected, goes up chimney in smoke. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292. |
| G303.17.2.2 | Devil disappears in a whirlpool. Wünsche Teufel 31f. |
| G303.17.2.3 | Devil goes out through stove with great noise. Finnish: FFC XXXIII 41 No. 45; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 123 No. 45. |
| G303.17.2.4 | Devil and sinful priest disappear amid blaze of fire in the river. England: Baughman. |
| G303.17.2.5 | Devil retreats into hell amid thunder and lightning. Wünsche Teufel 32f. |
| G303.17.2.6 | Devil disappears in a puddle. Wünsche Teufel 60. |
| G303.17.2.7 | Devil disappears amid terrible rattle. Zs. f. Vksk. IV 294. |
| G303.17.2.8 | Devil disappears amid terrible stench. (Cf. G303.4.8.1.) Wünsche Teufel 49f., 51f., 61f. |
| G303.17.2.9 | Devil disappears in carriage drawn by four black horses. Wünsche Teufel 60. |
| G303.17.3 | Why the devil has disappeared from the world. |
| G303.17.3.1 | The devil dies of a nosebleed resulting from overheat. Wünsche Teufel 84f. |
| G303.17.3.2 | The devil dies when he is fastened in hell's door by his beard. German: Henne-Am Rhyn (1874) 276f. |
| G303.17.3.3 | Wolf eats the devil; therefore, devil no longer lives in the world. Dh I 153. |
| G303.17.3.4 | Devil has not been seen since he created the bramble. Dh I 170. |
| G303.17.3.5 | Satan punished in hell fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.18 | Devil enters body of another. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.18.0.1 | When devil leaves dead sinner's body, only bones remain. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.18.1 | Devil enters body of dead boy. Scala Celi 67a No. 369; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.18.2 | Devil in place of dead man in shroud (in dead man's skin). Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 42 No. 49**. |
| G303.18.3 | Devil blows skin off man who belongs to him and goes in the skin. Fb I 267a; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3365, Legends Nos. 693—697, 700. |
| G303.18.4 | Satan enters the Golden Calf. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.19 | The devil takes the hindmost. (Cf. F1038.2.) England: Baughman. |
| G303.19.1 | The last belongs to the devil. BP III 14; Fb III 196b; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 327 No. 37. |
| G303.19.2 | Farmer has devil aid in reaping contest, loses his shadow when devil attempts to take hindmost. (Cf. K42.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| G303.20 | Ways in which the devil kills people. |
| G303.20.1 | Devil kills man with fiery sword. Scala Celi No. 662. |
| G303.20.2 | Devil destroys hunting party with terrible wind. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 301f. |
| G303.20.3 | Devil strikes man dead with iron bar. Two men are fighting and devil thus kills one of them. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 122 No. 44. |
| G303.20.4 | Devil strikes man dead with disease. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.20.5 | The devil unpeels a bold woman's skin. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3257, Legends Nos. 378—387. |
| G303.20.6 | Devil as black dog kills people. (Cf. G303.3.3.1.1.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G303.20.7 | Satan swallows victim. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.20.8 | Satan injures man. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.20.9 | Satan slays the first born of the Egyptians. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.21 | The devil's money. |
| G303.21.1 | Devil's money becomes ashes. Fb I 803f.; U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 426, 428, 432f., 444, 447, 449—53, 577, 736. |
| G303.21.2 | Devil's money becomes manure. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.21.3 | The devil's money is hot. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.22 | The devil helps people. Irish myth: Cross; West Indies: Flowers 451; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.22.1 | Devil repays a kindness: returns coat lent him and brings the one who had shown him kindness back home when imprisoned. German: Henne-Am Rhyn (1874) 278. |
| G303.22.2 | Magician recovers lost object with devil's help. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 89. |
| G303.22.3 | Student is helped by devil when he can answer three questions in rhyme. (Cf. H543.) Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 92. |
| G303.22.4 | Devil helps man place cart wheel when it becomes unfastened. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 93. |
| G303.22.5 | Devil exhibits benevolence to impious people (to people who make an alliance with him: gives them riches, helps them in need). (Cf. M212.) U.S.: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 12 No. 96. |
| G303.22.6 | Devil helps person to steal. When thief blesses himself he is forsaken by the devil. (Cf. K365.) Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 12 No. 98. |
| G303.22.7 | Devil helps ugly man win wife. Wünsche Teufel 104f. |
| G303.22.8 | Devil helps journeyman win wager with master. Wünsche Teufel 36. |
| G303.22.9 | Devil comes and works with man who continues to work after night. French: Sébillot France I 160. |
| G303.22.10 | Devil serves knight faithfully. Devil saves his life and that of his wife. Wesselski Märchen 242 No. 53. |
| G303.22.11 | Devil as advocate of falsely condemned men. Carries off the judge. *Type 821; BP II 566. |
| G303.22.12 | Devil promises help to mistreated apprentice if youth will meet him by night in lonely spot. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 293. |
| G303.22.13 | Devil saves heretic from fire, until priest brings host. Scala Celi 65a No. 355. |
| G303.22.14 | Devil as helper in battle. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| G303.23 | The devil and the ark. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.23.1 | Devil gets into the ark by hiding in shadow of Noah's wife. Dh I 268. |
| G303.24 | The devil in church. |
| G303.24.1 | Devil accuses congregation of sins. |
| G303.24.1.1 | Devil shows priest long parchment roll of sins of congregation. Scala Celi 44a No. 249; Crane Vitry 233 No. 239. |
| G303.24.1.2 | Devil writes faults of man on goat skin. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 306 No. 19. |
| G303.24.1.3 | Devil writes down names of men on a hide in church. Woman laughs when she sees him. Finnish: FFC XXXIII 44 No. 59; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 427; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 126 No. 59; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.24.1.4 | Devil stands in church door and writes down names of his own people on a sheepskin. Fb I 266b. |
| G303.24.1.5 | Devil in church fills his sack with dissolute songs. Scala Celi 25a No. 165; Alphabet No. 122. |
| G303.24.1.6 | Devil writes down all idle words spoken in church. His parchment is not long enough and he has to stretch it. Crane Vitry 233 No. 239. |
| G303.24.1.7 | Devil writes names of those who sleep in church. Fb I 266b; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 85. |
| G303.24.1.7.1 | Devil disturbs people in the church. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 440, 447. |
| G303.24.1.7.2 | Devil writes down names of those who look backwards in church. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| G303.24.1.8 | Devil writes down names of those who whisper in church. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| G303.24.1.9 | The devil has two books—one book small for sins of clerics, erased by confession; the other large for unconfessed sins of lay folks. Irish myth: *Cross (G303.24.1.11). |
| G303.24.2 | Devils worship host. (Cf. G303.16.5.) Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 49; Scala Celi 3a No. 5; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.24.3 | Devil vexing friars caused to repent by singing "Te sanctum dominum". Scala Celi 3a No. 5. |
| G303.24.4 | Devil destroys church steeple. England: Baughman. |
| G303.24.5 | Devil as dog chews up Bibles, hymnbooks, church accounts in church. Wales: Baughman. |
| G303.25 | Miscellaneous devil motifs. |
| G303.25.1 | Wolf is the devil's craftiest enemy. Dh I 152. |
| G303.25.2 | Devils fear St. Isaac. Scala Celi 135b No. 592. |
| G303.25.3 | Devil likes negligence in men more than anything else. Scala Celi No. 752. |
| G303.25.4 | Devil cooks folk in kettle. Fb I 267a. |
| G303.25.5 | Devil's chair in hell made from thrown-away nail parings. Olrik Ragnarök (tr. Ranisch) 73f., No. 1. |
| G303.25.5.1 | From the parings of man's nails devils make little caps for themselves. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3305. |
| G303.25.6 | Old woman gives chickens to devils. They do not accept them. She gives them to priests and they eat them. Scala Celi 161b No. 916. |
| G303.25.7 | Man shoots the devil with a silver gun. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 42 No. 51**; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 594ff., 796. |
| G303.25.7.1 | Devil shot with silver bullet. (Cf. D1385.4.) Lithuanian, Latvian, Livonian, Estonian, Ukrainian, Polish, Rumanian: *Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI 53—83. |
| G303.25.8 | Devil follows corpse when a lawyer is buried. Fb I 267a. |
| G303.25.8.1 | Devil follows corpse of a procurator. Fb I 267a. |
| G303.25.9 | Ship with devil aboard sinks. Fb III 243b. |
| G303.25.10 | Devil is blamed by monk for taking what does not belong to him. Devil denies accusation. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 366. |
| G303.25.11 | Devil takes place of woman who went to spend night with a priest. Wesselski Mönchslatein 189 No. 147. |
| G303.25.12 | A farmer who trades horses with the devil is cheated. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 16 No. 149. |
| G303.25.13 | Devil buys a woman's hair; the silver coin which he gives in payment is changed to a piece of wood and she dies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 16 No. 148. |
| G303.25.14 | The food and drink of the devils. |
| G303.25.14.1 | Hideous food and drink at the night-spirits' (devils') feast. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 428, 434, 436, 440, 444, 451, 463ff. |
| G303.25.14.2 | Devil roasts a toad. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 795. |
| G303.25.15 | The devil's animals. |
| G303.25.15.1 | Tailless fish as devil's hog. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 807. |
| G303.25.16 | Possessions of the devil. |
| G303.25.16.1 | Devil's pipe, gun or music. Man is blinded and gets such as gift or exchange from devil. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 559—563, 569, 575, 590, 815. |
| G303.25.17 | The devils' dances and feasts. |
| G303.25.17.1 | Devil as gentleman invites a traveler to the feast (wedding). (Cf. G303.7.1.2.2.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3276, Legends Nos. 441, 448, 454, 458ff., 466. |
| G303.25.17.2 | A musician engaged to play for the night-spirits (devils) dances. Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3276f., Legends Nos. 425—438, 443f., 446f., 449—453, 460. |
| G303.25.17.3 | Devils arrange a wedding feast for a woman who hanged herself. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3277, 3278, Legends Nos. 443—448, 450—459, 461f., 466. |
| G303.25.18 | Devil can touch man's body, not his soul. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.25.19 | Parliament of devils. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G304 | Troll as ogre. (For troll as underground spirit or mountain spirit see F455. For troll-woman see G200—G299, Witches.) **E. Hartmann Die Trollvorstellungen im den Sagen und Märchen der skandinavischen Völker (Stuttgart, 1936); Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 285. |
| G304.1 | Appearance of troll (ogre). (Cf. F455.2.) |
| G304.1.1 | Troll in animal form. |
| G304.1.1.1 | Troll as fox. Fb "ræv" III 113a. |
| G304.1.1.2 | Troll as hare. Fb "hare" I 556. |
| G304.1.1.3 | Troll as goose. Fb "gеs" I 528b. |
| G304.1.1.4 | Troll as crow. Fb "krage" II 285b. |
| G304.1.2 | Troll in form of object. |
| G304.1.2.1 | Troll in form of cloud. Fb "sky". |
| G304.1.2.2 | Troll in form of key. Fb "nögle" II 723. |
| G304.1.3 | Many-headed troll. Fb "hoved" I 654b, "trold" III 852b. |
| G304.2 | Characteristics of trolls. |
| G304.2.1 | Fire-producing troll. |
| G304.2.1.1 | Troll lights fingers. Fb "lys" 483b. |
| G304.2.1.2 | Troll stretches neck so long that fire comes from lips. Fb "hals" I 540. |
| G304.2.2 | Troll's food. |
| G304.2.2.1 | Troll's food gives men strength. Fb "mad" II 525a; *DF XLVI 66ff. |
| G304.2.3 | Special powers of troll. |
| G304.2.3.1 | Locks spring open for troll. Fb "lеs" II 523a. |
| G304.2.4 | Antipathies of trolls. |
| G304.2.4.1 | Trolls cannot endure churchbells. Fb "kirkeklokke" II 130b; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 120, 124, Boberg; Swedish: Grimm Deutsche Mythologie II 798 n. 1; Finnish-Swedish: Landtman Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII 560. |
| G304.2.4.2 | Trolls afraid of bears. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 434—37. |
| G304.2.5 | Troll bursts when sun shines on him. Or he may become stone. *Fb "sol" III 356a; Icelandic: Arnason Icelandic Legends (London, 1864) I 122, Boberg. |
| G304.3 | Troll's possessions. |
| G304.3.1 | Troll's castle. |
| G304.3.1.1 | Golden door to troll's castle. Fb "guldport" I 514. |
| G304.3.2 | Troll's animals. |
| G304.3.2.1 | Troll has team of mice. Fb "mus" II 631b. |
| G304.3.2.2 | Troll drives two he-goats. *Fb "gjedebuk" I 440. |
| G304.3.2.3 | Troll has bear in stable. *Fb "bjørn" IV 43a. |
| G304.3.2.4 | Troll has hares in stable. *Fb "hare" I 556b. |
| G305 | Earl king. Child-stealing ogre. (Cf. F321.5.) Type 367*. |
| G306 | Rainbow as ogre. Africa: Werner African 236. |
| G307 | Jinn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.1 | Where jinn comes from. |
| G307.1.1 | Jinn always appears out of strong wind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.2 | Form of jinn. |
| G307.2.1 | Jinn can take any human form he chooses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.2.2 | Jinn unseen by anyone except person(s) he wishes should see him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.3 | Jinn kills whoever tries to occupy house he has chosen to live in. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.4 | City infested by jinns deserted. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G308 | Sea monster. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Persian: Carnoy 325; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G308.1 | Fight with sea (lake) monster. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G308.2 | Water-monster. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G308.3 | Herds of sea monsters on surface of sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G308.4 | Lake made dangerous by haunting serpent (dragon, péist). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G308.5 | Shark-man ogre, eater of children swimming. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 191; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/346). |
| G308.6 | Lake monster has power to attract victims. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 22. |
| G308.7 | Clam shell invites man down into sea so he can be eaten. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 97. |
| G308.8 | Monsters of the sea: two whales of human parentage. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/912). |
| G308.9 | Demon-octopus. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 289; Marquesas: Handy 76. |
| G310 | Ogres with characteristic methods. |
| G311 | Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically. *Chauvin VII 23 No. 373E; Fb "ryg" III 103ab; *Basset 1001 Contes I 190; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 126 No. 58; Greek: Grote I 7; Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 626; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 330 n. 191e; Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 226. |
| G312 | Cannibal ogre. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 109, 291, 1113, II 950; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 14, 21. |
| G312.1 | Pisaca. Drinks blood and eats human flesh. Eats corpses and makes living waste away. Hindu: Keith 98, 157. |
| G312.2 | Spirit-woman in rock devours men and cattle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G312.3 | Flesh-eating spirits live in trees. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G312.4 | Man-eating ogre fries his victims in kettle of oil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G312.5 | Bhrat, fierce flesh-eating creatures made by Creator in fit of anger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G312.6 | Ogre eats only men's hearts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G312.7 | Ogress devours horses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G313 | Procrustes. Monster makes men fit his bed. Tall men sawed off, short men stretched. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 131 n. 2, Fox 99; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G314 | Pine bender. Kills victims by springing tree. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 124 n. 1, Fox 98. |
| G315 | Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 264 n. 1. |
| G316 | Giant robber with club. Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 98 (labors of Theseus). |
| G317 | Wrestling ogre. Greek: Fox 87, 99. |
| G321 | Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff. Greek: Fox 99, Frazer Apollodorus II 129 n. 1; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 163. |
| G321.1 | Pusher-into-hole. Africa: Werner African 214, (Hottentot): Bleek 78. |
| G321.2 | Ogress at a spot along the road takes toll of lives. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G322 | Piercer-of-souls: fishes men. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 250. |
| G322.1 | Giant fisherman. Draws in ships with his line. Scotch: Campbell-McKay No. 17. |
| G323 | Brother-Dead. Trapper of game; silent; pursues trickster. Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 249 No. 27. |
| G327 | Swinging ogre. Girls who swing their lovers over pit, cut rope, and later devour them. Montaignais: Speck JAFL XXXVIII 15. |
| G328 | Rectum snakes. Snakes which creep into living man and devour him. *Fb "snog" III 436b; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 161. |
| G328.1 | Serpent inside man's body eats all his food. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G331 | Pot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into it. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 157. |
| G332 | Sucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victims. Irish myth: *Cross; Siberia: Holmberg Siberian 387; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 158, (California): Gayton and Newman 72, cf. 95. |
| G332.1 | Ogre sucks victim's finger and drinks all his blood. Cosquin Contes indiens 369 n. 1; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 80. |
| G333 | Path between monsters. Scylla and Charybdis. Greek: Fox 137, 264; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 307 n. 113b. |
| G334 | Ogre keeps human prisoners. |
| G334.1 | Ogress has twenty captive princesses in cave. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G335 | Ogre decapitates captive princess before he leaves palace; resuscitates her on return. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G336 | Ogre draws victims under water. |
| G336.1 | Demon drags beneath the water any person whose shadow falls on surface of water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G341 | Sharp-elbowed women. Kill with their elbows. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 327 n. 181. |
| G341.1 | Ogre with sharpened leg. S. A. Indian (Toba, Mataco, Shipaya, Warrau, Apinarje, Canella, Tukuna): Métraux MAFLS XL 74ff. |
| G342 | Demon with pointed head, red hair, and black face. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| G345 | Man with fire moccasins. They set fire to surroundings. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 164. |
| G345.1 | Ogress can make cold oven blaze by putting foot into it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G346 | Devastating monster. Lays waste to the land. *Types 301, 550; Irish: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 126, 148f.; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 102; Finnish: Kalevala rune 46; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Greek: Fox 56; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G346.0.1 | Devastating monster which comes out of a hole in evening. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G346.1 | Devastating monster mews like cat. Africa (Hausa): Mischlich 164ff No. 22, Frobenius Atlantis IX 277ff., 287ff. Nos. 74, 75. |
| G346.2 | Devastating demon. Kills and eats people. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G346.3 | Amphibious monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G346.3.1 | Amphibious tree-destroying monsters. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G346.4 | Evil spirit drinks water supply dry. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G347 | Ogre: karumba kills hero by medicines. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G350 | Animal ogres. |
| G351 | Domestic beast as ogre. |
| G351.1 | Dog as ogre. Irish myth: Cross; Tonga: Gifford 121, Beckwith Myth 342, 348. |
| G351.2 | Cat as ogre. Sucks blood. Kittredge Arthur and Garlagon 259 n. 2; Japanese: Mitford 245ff. |
| G351.3 | Ferocious sow. Greek: Fox 98. |
| G351.4 | Ogress in goat-form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G351.5 | Ogress in form of donkey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G352 | Wild beast as ogre. |
| G352.1 | Wolf as ogre. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 279, Snorra Edda Gylf. XII. |
| G352.2 | Wild boar as ogre. Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 471. |
| G353 | Bird as ogre. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 261, Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1229); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 493. |
| G353.1 | Cannibal bird as ogre. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 78. |
| G353.2 | Eagle as ogre. Fb "ørn" III 1183b; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G353.3 | Duck as ogre. Tonga: Gifford 104. |
| G354 | Reptile as ogre. |
| G354.1 | Snake as ogre. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G354.1.1 | Demon in the shape of serpent guards forest where treasure tree grows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G354.2 | Crocodile as ogre. Africa (Fang): Trilles 158. |
| G354.3 | Lizard as ogre. Samoa: Beckwith Myth 128. |
| G360 | Ogres with monstrous features. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G361 | Ogre monstrous as to head. (Cf. G369.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| G361.1 | Many-headed ogre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G361.1.1 | Two-headed ogre. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Fang): Einstein 149. |
| G361.1.1.1 | Monster with two horns, each having human head on it. Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| G361.1.2 | Three-headed ogre. Hindu: Keith 88; Africa (Fang): Einstein 149. |
| G361.1.3 | Six-headed ogre. Luzon (Tinguian): Cole 104. |
| 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. |
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