One-armed giant

Motif

One-armed giant.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.1.6.7

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 6, Canto 100
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 6, Canto 67
WelshThe Mabinogion, THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINTHE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN
Literary CrystallizationParadise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Book 1
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 6, Canto 108

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Within the index

Filed under Other bodily characteristics of giant.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Three-armed giant Giant with six or eight arms Giantess with burned arms

Filed beside it

Giant with nails like claws Giant with teeth like those of saw Giants with shaggy hair on their bodies Giant with long beard Giant with golden hair on forehead Giant with peculiar nose Giant's peculiar cheeks Giant rooted to ground because his nails and hair have grown into the earth on account of his great age Giant with unusual heart Giant (giantess) with hump Giant with one hand and one foot Giant's strength in hair. (Cf. D1831, G221.1.)Giantess with a tail (many tails)

Travels with

Remarkable hands. (Cf. F515, F531.1.6.7, F551.4.)

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