Giant reaches to the sky. Must lean over to keep from touching

Motif

Giant reaches to the sky. Must lean over to keep from touching.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.2.1.5

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IrishOld Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic, Tale 7THE PURSUIT OF THE GILLA DACKER AND HIS HORSE.

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.

N. Am. Indian*Boas BBAE LIX 289 n. 2, (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 445 No. 6.

Within the index

Filed under Extremely tall giant. (Cf. F533.)

Filed beside it

Giant fifteen feet tall with three feet between the eyes Giants fifty feet tall with footprints six feet long Waters of Deluge reach to giant's ankles Giant extends across whole island. Head against stone in west and feet against another in east Giantess is twice as tall as tall man

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