Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed

Motif

Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.2.6

ask the rhapsode about this motif →

““Thence arose the violation, Thence arose the first destruction, Thence came all the evil-doings: From the neighborhood of wizards, From the homes of the magicians, From the caves of vicious spirits, From the haunts of fortune-tellers, From the cabins of the witches, From the castles of Tuoni, From the bottom of Manala, From the ground with envy swollen, From Ingratitude’s dominions, From the rocky shoals and quicksands, From the…”

— The Kalevala, Rune XVII · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XVIIThompson cites: Kalevala rune 17.

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.

FinnishKalevala rune 17. → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XVII

Within the index

Filed under Size of giant.

Filed beside it

Extremely tall giant. (Cf. F533.)Giant with three spans between brows and three yards between shoulders Giant's skull holds a man seated Giant's large footprints. (Cf. F531.2.1.2.)Extremely fat giant. (Cf. F532.)Giant so large he cannot be carried by a horse Giant can find only one horse able to carry him Giant occupies space of thrice nine men Giant must rest on elbow while speaking to be audible to mortal Demon looks like a mountain Man with eyes the size of brass pots, teeth like axeheads, ears like elephant's ears Giantess so heavy that boat almost sinks Baby 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

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Giant swallows man Man builds boat and sails about in giant's belly Victim kills swallower from within by burning Quest over path bristling with sharp points (knives, axes, etc.)

wander