Giant as eagle

Motif

Giant as eagle.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.1.8.3

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XIX
NorseThe Poetic Edda, VAFTHRUTHNISMOLVAFTHRUTHNISMOL
NorseThe Poetic Edda, VOLUSPOVOLUSPO
NorseThe Prose Edda (The Younger Edda), BRAGE’S TALK. AFTERWORD
NorseThe Prose Edda (The Younger Edda), THE FOOLING OF GYLFE. VIII

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.

IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 179, 276, 279, Herrmann Saxo II 599, Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Giant in animal form.

Filed beside it

Giant as wolf Giant as serpent Giantess in crow's shape Giantess transforms self to fly in order to tear woman's stomach Giant in a gam's shape Giant as eagle Giant (giantess) as sea-mammal

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