The constellation
G310 Ogres with characteristic methods
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- Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically · G311 entry
- Cannibal ogre · G312 entry
- Procrustes. Monster makes men fit his bed. Tall men sawed off, short men stretched · G313 entry
- Pine bender. Kills victims by springing tree · G314 entry
- Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads · G315 entry
- Giant robber with club · G316 entry
- Wrestling ogre · G317 entry
- Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff · G321 entry
- Piercer-of-souls: fishes men · G322 entry
- Brother-Dead. Trapper of game; silent; pursues trickster · G323 entry
- Swinging ogre. Girls who swing their lovers over pit, cut rope, and later devour them · G327 entry
- Rectum snakes. Snakes which creep into living man and devour him · G328 entry
- Pot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into it · G331 entry
- Sucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victims · G332 entry
- Path between monsters. Scylla and Charybdis · G333 entry
- Ogre keeps human prisoners · G334 entry
- Ogre decapitates captive princess before he leaves palace; resuscitates her on return · G335 entry
- Ogre draws victims under water · G336 entry
- Sharp-elbowed women. Kill with their elbows · G341 entry
- Demon with pointed head, red hair, and black face · G342 entry
- Man with fire moccasins. They set fire to surroundings · G345 entry
- Devastating monster. Lays waste to the land · G346 entry
- Ogre: karumba kills hero by medicines · G347 entry