μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Headless giant. (Cf. F511.0.1.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.1.2.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5 references (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish myth Cross
  • N. Am. Indian (Navaho) Alexander N. Am. 163.
  • general Broderius § 37
  • general Hanover: Kuhn u. Schwarz Norddeutsche Sagen (Leipzig, 1848) No. 167.3
  • general Pomerania: Rosenow 51 No. 46
Within the index

Filed under Head of giant.

Filed beside it
Gigantic head Many-headed giant [First Edition: F531.1.2.5. Fifty-headed giant.] Giant's self-returning head Giant with horse head Giant with stone head
Travels with
Headless person. (Cf. F401.4, F531.1.2.1.)

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