μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Jewish*Neuman
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 736
  • FijiBeckwith Myth 210.
Within the index

Filed under Size of giant.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Giant fifteen feet tall with three feet between the eyesGiants fifty feet tall with footprints six feet longWaters of Deluge reach to giant's anklesGiant extends across whole island. Head against stone in west and feet against another in eastGiant reaches to the sky. Must lean over to keep from touchingGiantess is twice as tall as tall man
Filed beside it
Giant with three spans between brows and three yards between shouldersGiant's skull holds a man seatedGiant's large footprints. (Cf. F531.2.1.2.)Extremely fat giant. (Cf. F532.)Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowedGiant so large he cannot be carried by a horseGiant can find only one horse able to carry himGiant occupies space of thrice nine menGiant must rest on elbow while speaking to be audible to mortalDemon looks like a mountainMan with eyes the size of brass pots, teeth like axeheads, ears like elephant's earsGiantess so heavy that boat almost sinksBaby giants four months old "two feet broad in the chest and twelve feet high."Sack of earth in giant's hand looks no bigger than a pea in hand of a man
Travels with
Remarkably tall man. (Cf. F531.2.1.)

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