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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
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| G530.1 | 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. |
| G530.5 | Help from old woman in ogre's house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G276.1 | Hen put in witch's hair to scratch while maid escapes. Fb "höne" I 750b, "klø" II 202b, "kylling" II 347. |
| G308.3 | Herds of sea monsters on surface of sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G462.1 | Hero as giant's (ogre's) goatherd. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| 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. |
| G672 | Hero in service of wild man. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 1. |
| G512.0.3 | Hero killing an ogress gains her adopted daughter for his wife. (Cf. G510.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.0.1 | Hero kills trouble-making evil strong men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G275.8 | Hero kills witch. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G510.4 | Hero overcomes devastating animal. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 125ff., 135—38; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514.5.1 | Hero pegs ogress to boulder. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| G515 | Holy men keep devils under control. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G225.2 | Horse as witch's companion. *Howey 172ff.; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76, 87. |
| G303.10.8 | Horses are offspring of the devil. One cannot trust them. Dh I 239; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 135, 153—159. |
| G272.11 | Horseshoe hung up as protection against witches. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650. |
| G303.5 | How the devil is dressed. |
| G303.7 | How the devil travels. |
| G303.16 | How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided. Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Danielsson 112. |
| G15 | Human being devoured daily. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G36.2 | Human blood (flesh) accidentally tasted: brings desire for human flesh. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G34 | Human child brought up by ogress becomes a man-eater. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 943. |
| G64 | Human flesh being cooked speaks out. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G60 | Human flesh eaten unwittingly. Penzer II 113; English: Wells 151 (Richard Coer de Lyon); Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G70.1 | Hungry seamen eat human flesh. Fb "menneskekjød" II 579b. |
| G36.1 | Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh. *Type 450. |
| G77 | Husband eats wife. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 886; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 157, Rink 106; S. A. Indian (More): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 406, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 161. |
| G273.4.1 | If witch grabs horse's tail on bridge, man is safe from her. Fb "bro" IV 62b. Cf. Burns's "Tam O'Shanter." |
| G263.4.0.1 | Illness caused by curse of witch. England: Baughman. |
| G286 | Initiation into witchcraft. Icelandic: *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn IV (1901) 144ff., (1936) 230ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G225.1 | Insect as witch's familiar. (Fly, bee, gnat, spider.) Kittredge Witchcraft 180 n. 54; Tobler 40; England: Baughman. |
| G302.4.2 | Invisibility of demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G269.17 | Invisible witch sticks victim with pins. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G266.1 | Invisible witches steal goods in market. (Cf. F235.4.1.) England: Baughman. |
| G229.4 | Invulnerability of witches. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G307.1.1 | Jinn always appears out of strong wind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.2.1 | Jinn can take any human form he chooses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.3.4 | Jinn falls into cauldron of boiling oil, thinking it is food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.3 | Jinn kills whoever tries to occupy house he has chosen to live in. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307.2.2 | Jinn unseen by anyone except person(s) he wishes should see him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G307 | Jinn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.14 | Jungle-man as cannibal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G614 | Killing of ogre's cattle, sheep, etc. brings on ogre's anger. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G11 | Kinds of cannibals. |
| G156 | King of the giants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G302.2.1 | Kingdom of demons. (Cf. G303.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G272.3 | Knife in bed as protection against witches. *Fb "heks" I 581a; England: Baughman. |
| G303.16.3.5 | Knight dismisses devil in name of cross. Scala Celi 127b No. 696; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 93. |
| G303.16.19.8 | Knight saved from devil by friends. Scala Celi 135b No. 752. |
| G264 | La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Witch entices men with offers of love and then deserts or destroys them. Hartland Science 71; Huet Contes Populaires 47; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 172; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 259; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Mitford 243ff., 254ff., 275ff.; Korean: Zong in-Sob 74, 100; Marquesas: Handy 48; N. A. Indian (Micmac): Parsons JAFL XXXVIII 94 No. 26, (Seneca): CurtinHewitt RBAE XXXII 402 No. 71, 425 No. 79, 485 No. 105, (Fox): Owen PFLS LI 87, (Yurok): Powers CNAE III 59, (Anvik): Chapman PAES VI 67 No. 11; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 251. |
| G308.4 | Lake made dangerous by haunting serpent (dragon, péist). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G308.6 | Lake monster has power to attract victims. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 22. |
| G262.0.1.1 | Lamia devours her lover. Kittredge Witchcraft 225, 532 n. 114. |
| G262.0.1 | Lamia. Witch who eats children. *Kittredge Witchcraft 224f, 532 nn. 104—108; India: Thompson-Balys, Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 588, II 407, 676; Papua: Ker 45, 64, 121, 141; Africa (Fang): Trilles 249, (Wachaga): Gutman 92. |
| G682 | Large price exacted for curing ogre after wounding him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G363.2 | Large tusks grown from ogre's mouth. Chinese: Graham. |
| G354.3 | Lizard as ogre. Samoa: Beckwith Myth 128. |
| G303.10.10 | Lizards are offspring of the devil. Dh I 198. |
| G304.2.3.1 | Locks spring open for troll. Fb "lеs" II 523a. |
| G406 | Lost (marooned) person falls into ogre's power. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G691.4 | Lost husband's bones found among cannibals. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 27. |
| G466 | Lousing as task set by ogre. *Type 480, Roberts 167f.; Greek: Frazer Pausanias V 269f.; Africa: Werner African 205. |
| G222.2 | Luminous witch-boat. Carries fishermen to bottom of sea. S. A. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 328. |
| G222 | Luminous witches. |
| G272.2 | Magic herb protects from witch. *Penzer VIII 56 n. 2; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 667; West Indies: Flowers 446. |
| G303.22.2 | Magician recovers lost object with devil's help. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 89. |
| G225.7.1 | Magician's familiar a pig. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76. |
| G225.7.2 | Magician's familiar a viper. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76, 92. |
| G691.3 | Maimed victims seen at ogre's house. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G207 | Male witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 648. |
| G250.1 | Man discovers his wife is a witch. Papua: Ker 68. |
| G74 | Man eats friend. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 121. |
| G303.16.2.3.1 | Man escapes devils by reading Lord's blessing. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 9 No. 74. |
| G91.1 | Man forced to eat dead father's heart goes mad. Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 108. |
| G91.1.1 | Man forced to eat dead father's heart struck dumb. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.16.19.4.1 | Man imitates cock crowing: devil is deceived. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 343. |
| G303.16.6 | Man is rescued from devil by baptism. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 14 No. 131. |
| G248.1 | Man joins feast of witches. (Cf. G242.7.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.12.6.1 | Man marries a she-devil He catches her as succubus and marries. Some years later his wife's brothers invite them to a feast (wedding) and he gets gifts or wife's dowry. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *424. |
| G405 | Man on hunt falls into ogre's (witch's) power. Type 303; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G369.1.5 | Man persecuted by a rakshasa in form of beautiful wench. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G519.1.2 | Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 190. |
| G303.16.19.6 | Man protected from devil by holding three-year old child through night. Wünsche Teufel 36f. |
| G267 | Man pursued by witches. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 342, 344. |
| G303.16.19.1 | Man secure from devil on horse. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Glasgow 1900) 293. |
| G303.25.7 | Man shoots the devil with a silver gun. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 42 No. 51**; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 594ff., 796. |
| G303.9.5.6 | Man temporarily abducted by devil. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 710; Estonian and Latvian: Tautosakos Darbai VI 19—23. |
| G345 | Man with fire moccasins. They set fire to surroundings. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 164. |
| G88.2 | Man-eater with two great tusks on which he hangs the carcasses of the dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G312.4 | Man-eating ogre fries his victims in kettle of oil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.6 | Man-eating woman. India: *Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Tawney II 616; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/249, 1110, z-G. 3/1276); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 194; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 197; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 370; Maori: Clark 39. |
| G361.1 | Many-headed ogre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G304.1.3 | Many-headed troll. Fb "hoved" I 654b, "trold" III 852b. |
| G303.12 | Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.) Irish: Beal XXI 330; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. 91—93; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G278.1 | Marvelous manifestations at death of witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection 386. |
| G88.1 | Men with iron claws eat girl. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 79. |
| G283.1.1 | Methods witch uses to raise wind. (Cf. D2142.0.1.2, D2142.1.5.) |
| G225.8 | Minor devil or imp as witch's familiar. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.9.8 | Miscellaneous actions of the devil. |
| G303.4.8 | Miscellaneous characteristics of devil. |
| G303.25 | Miscellaneous devil motifs. |
| G303.3.3.8 | Miscellaneous other animal forms in which the devil appears: bear; ant; wild goose. Fb IV 99a; *Loomis White Magic 74; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.16.19 | Miscellaneous ways in which the devil may be escaped or his power destroyed. England, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G401.1 | Mistake of elder leads two brothers to the home of ogre. Alu: Wheeler 50. |
| G361.1.1.1 | Monster with two horns, each having human head on it. Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| G635.1 | Monster's returning head. Joins body after it has been severed. *Kittredge Gawain 147ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G308.8 | Monsters of the sea: two whales of human parentage. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/912). |
| G301 | Monsters. Usually not clearly defined. See this entire chapter on ogres. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G369 | Monstrous ogres—miscellaneous. |
| G27 | Moon made to eat wife's corpse by mother-in-law. S. A. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550. |
| G302.7 | Mortal experiences of demons. |
| G61.2 | Mother recognizes child's flesh when it is served to be eaten. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G62 | Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G262 | Murderous witch. Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G271.2.3 | Name of deity breaks witch's spell. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.2 | Names applied to the devil. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.6.3 | Natural phenomena accompanying the devil's appearance. |
| G11.4 | Negro cannibal. Malone PMLA XLIII 412. |
| G633 | North as abode of evil spirits. Wimberly 136; Irish myth: Cross; Gaster Oldest Stories 233, Jewish: Neuman. |
| G362.1 | Noseless ogre. Eskimo: Alexander N. Am. 7. |
| G571 | Oaths (abusive speeches) drive ogres away. Fb "bande" IV 24a. |
| G243.1 | Obeisance to devil at witch's sabbath. England: Baughman; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151, 155, 156; West Indies: Flowers 444. |
| G272.7 | Object across door protects from witch. England, U.S.: *Baughman (G256.) |
| G265.8.4 | Object bewitched—miscellaneous. |
| G273.7 | Objects driven into tracks of witch immobilize her. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G79 | Occasional cannibalism—deliberate—miscellaneous. |
| G70 | Occasional cannibalism—deliberate. |
| G50 | Occasional cannibalism. |
| G369.5 | Ogre (demon) with long arm (demon hand) which is thrust down chimney (through door, etc.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G442.1 | Ogre abducts new-born babe, keeping it captive for seven years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G440 | Ogre abducts person. |
| 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. |
| G475 | Ogre attacks intruders. |
| G653 | Ogre attracts attention by whistling. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 92. |
| G511 | Ogre blinded. **Hackman die Polyphemsage; Gaster Thespis 334; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| 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 | 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. |
| G514.8 | Ogre captured by animal. |
| G514.8.1 | Ogre captured by tortoise. Africa (Fang): Tessman 16. |
| G514.4 | Ogre captured while transformed to animal. Missouri French: Carrière; Chinese: Werner 359. |
| G514.7 | Ogre captured with decoy smeared with tar. He is then killed and thrown into water. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Fables 60, 74. |
| G514 | Ogre captured. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| G676 | Ogre carrying mortar and pestle. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| G514.3 | Ogre caught in noose and killed. New Zealand: Dixon 61, Beckwith 266; Hawaii: Beckwith 174. |
| G371.1 | Ogre clothed in rock. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 79. |
| G512.1.2 | Ogre decapitated. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G335 | Ogre decapitates captive princess before he leaves palace; resuscitates her on return. 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. |
| G572.2 | Ogre deceived by showing sharp knife or sword for nose or tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G572.1 | Ogre deceived by throwing burning oil instead of spittle on him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G524.1 | Ogre deceived into hanging himself. Chinese: Graham; Africa (Masai): Fuchs Sagen, Mythen, und Sitten der Masai (Jena, 1910) 21ff. No. 4. |
| G560 | Ogre deceived into releasing prisoner. |
| G520 | Ogre deceived into self-injury. *Type 328; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 359. |
| 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. |
| G537 | Ogre defeated with divine help. |
| G537.1 | Ogre defeated with help of goddess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G500 | Ogre defeated. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 86; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 341. |
| G413 | Ogre disguises voice to lure victim. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 64 No. 10; West Indies: Flowers 453. |
| G426 | Ogre draws girl over waterfall. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 26. |
| G336 | Ogre draws victims under water. |
| G522.1 | Ogre drinks till he bursts—turns into fog. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 104; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 141. |
| 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. |
| G13.2 | Ogre eats beautiful girl hoping to have her beauty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G312.6 | Ogre eats only men's hearts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G681 | Ogre gives riddle on pain of death. *Penzer I 51; Slavic: Máchal 267; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G463 | Ogre guesses correctly and gets princess. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| G369.4 | Ogre has head and tail of a cat. (Cf. G361.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| G514.2.1 | Ogre imprisoned in cave. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514.2 | Ogre imprisoned in his own house. Type 1167*. |
| G422.1 | Ogre imprisons victim in drum. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 62 No. 10, (Kaffir): Kidd 233 No. 4, (Yoruba): Ellis 261 No. 1. |
| G422 | Ogre imprisons victim. *Type 327; Oceanic (New Zealand, Mangaia, Rotuma): Dixon 62. |
| G403 | Ogre in animal form lures victim into captivity. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 542b nn. 23—27; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G376 | Ogre in shape of small boy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G334 | Ogre keeps human prisoners. |
| G513 | Ogre killed and resuscitated so as to be of help to hero. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G519.4 | Ogre killed by blades falling in his food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.5 | Ogre killed by burning external soul. |
| G512.5.1 | Ogre killed by burning feather containing his life. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.9.1 | Ogre killed by helpful dogs. Africa: Biblioteca Africana IV 60. |
| G512.10 | Ogre killed by lightning. Africa (Fang): Trilles 164. |
| 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 | Ogre killed by striking. |
| 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. |
| G519 | Ogre killed through other tricks. |
| G519.2 | Ogre killed with his own iron bar. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G512.1 | Ogre killed with knife (sword). Type 327***; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| G510 | Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| G523 | Ogre kills self when he sees crumbs lying on his belly. Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 243. |
| 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. |
| G367 | Ogre monstrous as to blood. |
| G365 | Ogre monstrous as to feet. |
| G361 | Ogre monstrous as to head. (Cf. G369.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| G363 | Ogre monstrous as to mouth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G362 | Ogre monstrous as to nose. |
| G366 | Ogre monstrous as to trunk. |
| G580 | Ogre otherwise subdued. |
| G572 | Ogre overawed by trick. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G570 | Ogre overawed. *Types 1145—1154; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| G522 | Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry bursts. *Type 327; BP I 115; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.4 | Ogre persuaded to go into hole: buried alive. Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| G584 | Ogre polluting the wells driven away by shooting. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G638 | Ogre powerless to cross stream. Penzer III 236. |
| G635 | Ogre revives after limbs are severed. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 71; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 51. |
| G11.9 | Ogre schoolmaster. Girl sees schoolmaster eat human flesh. Refuses to tell him what she saw. He persecutes her. *Cosquin Contes indiens 112ff. |
| G17 | Ogre seduces sleeping girl in order to devour her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G465 | Ogre sets impossible tasks. *Type 313; Chinese: Graham; Africa (Benga): Nassau 215 No. 33. |
| G652 | Ogre sings constantly, usually own name. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| G631 | Ogre so old that his eyelids must be propped up. *Krappe Balor 4 n 15; *Fb "öje" III 1167a. |
| G512.2 | Ogre stoned to death. English: Wells 117 (Sir Torrent of Portyngale). |
| G332.1 | Ogre sucks victim's finger and drinks all his blood. Cosquin Contes indiens 369 n. 1; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 80. |
| G651 | Ogre teaches smith how to transform sand in his smithy. Type 1163; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 753. |
| G534 | Ogre tells wife how people may evade his power. Chinese: Graham. |
| G514.5 | Ogre tied to rock. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 268. |
| G512.9.2 | Ogre torn to pieces by birds. Africa (Wachaga): Gutman 95. |
| G585 | Ogre tortured by not being allowed to sleep. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 28. |
| 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. |
| G421 | Ogre traps victim. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 258 No. 38. |
| 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. |
| G464 | Ogre tyrannizes over fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G512.8.4 | Ogre whipped to death. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 14. |
| G632 | Ogre who cannot endure daylight. (Cf. G636.) Penzer I 77. |
| G365.1 | Ogre with feet reversed. Penzer IX 160; S. A. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 327. |
| G363.1 | Ogre with flaming mouth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G341.1 | Ogre with sharpened leg. S. A. Indian (Toba, Mataco, Shipaya, Warrau, Apinarje, Canella, Tukuna): Métraux MAFLS XL 74ff. |
| G369.3 | Ogre without a shadow. Cowell Jataka V 18. |
| G347 | Ogre: karumba kills hero by medicines. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G655 | Ogre's ashes cast on stream cause rapids to stop. Also kill all creatures in the stream. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 132, *Cross. |
| G613 | Ogre's charm stolen. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G512.0.2 | Ogre's daughter killed together with her father. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga XVII 1, XVIII 7, Boberg. |
| G412.1 | Ogre's gingerbread house lures child. *Type 327. |
| G512.1.2.1 | Ogre's head and hands cut off and hung above city gate. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G530.6 | Ogre's maidservant as helper. Chinese: Graham. |
| G530 | Ogre's relative aids hero. |
| G661.2 | Ogre's secret overheard by masking as bird. *Type 812; *Dh I 194ff. |
| G661.1 | Ogre's secret overheard from tree. *Types 613, 812; *BP III 13; Christiansen FFC XXIV 68ff. |
| G661 | Ogre's secret overheard. Christiansen FFC XXIV 68ff.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| 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. |
| G674 | Ogre's wife jealous of him. India; Thompson-Balys. |
| G519.1 | Ogre's wife killed through other tricks. Type 1122. |
| G581 | Ogres chased away by fire. *Chauvin VII 82 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| G675 | Ogres harnessed to plow. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charrue". |
| G637 | Ogres live in trees. Melanesian, Indonesian: Dixon 63. |
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