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K1710 Ogre (large animal) overawed
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- Ogre made to believe small hero is large: overawed · K1711 entry
- Boys threaten to harness tiger. They have jumped on him from behind and he cannot see. He buys them off · K1714 entry
- Weak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions. The latter is frightened · K1715 entry
- Hare as ambassador of the moon. Hare claiming to be ambassador of moon shows elephant the moon irritated in a spring. Elephant is persuaded that the moon is angry · K1716 entry
- Big shoes in front of the barn. Man makes giant shoes and places them so that ogre thinks a giant lives there · K1717 entry
- Ogre overawed by hero's boasts about marvelous relatives · K1718 entry
- Hero proves himself a cannibal by trick vomit-exchange · K1721 entry
- Monkey pretends that his house always answers him · K1722 entry
- Goat pretends to be chewing rock. Frightens wolf · K1723 entry
- "St. George's Dogs" (wolves). The man says, "St. George's dogs are coming!" The ogre flees · K1725 entry
- Giantess frightened of leaving cave because of hero's statue in entrance · K1726 entry
- Tiger frightened at hearing unknown wind · K1727 entry
- The bear trainer and his bear. (Schrätel und Wasserbär.) Ogre is driven out by hero's bear. The next year the ogre asks, "Is the big cat still living?" Hero says that it now has many kittens. Ogre is overawed · K1728 entry
- Wages: as much as he can carry. To get rid of the boy the troll offers him as large wages as he is able to carry. Boy says that this will be too much, that he will be contented merely with what the troll can carry · K1732 entry
- Ogre made to believe hero has withstood fire. Hero escapes and after the room he has been in is burned he returns and is found sitting in the ashes. "It was a bit hot," he says · K1733 entry
- Dog pretends to be calling dog in the moon when he barks · K1735 entry
- Troll bluffed away from christening. He is invited but told that guests will include the Virgin Mary, Thor the Thunderer, etc. He stays away but sends the finest present · K1736 entry
- Bluff: hero professes to be able to perform much larger task than that assigned · K1741 entry
- Hero threatens to pull the lake together with a rope. The ogre is intimidated · K1744 entry
- Hero threatens to haul away the warehouse with a rope. The ogre is intimidated · K1745 entry
- Trickster threatens to throw weight into a cloud: ogre intimidated · K1746 entry
- Ogre terrified by woman's legs. He has formerly been caught in a vise. On his approach, the man's wife stands on her head and ogre thinks her legs are a vise. He flees · K1755 entry
- Ogre terrified by an iron man. In order to save the king's daughter from the ogre an iron man is forged · K1756 entry
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