μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • IcelandicArnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 120 ff.
  • NorwegianNorske Folkminnelag XIII 26
  • Finnish-SwedishLandtmann Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII 537
  • SwissHenne-Am Rhyn No. 454.
  • general *Broderius § 37. Irish myth: *Cross
  • general MacCulloch Eddic 277, *Boberg
Within the index

Filed under Giant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.)

15 finer motifs beneath it
Extremely tall giant. (Cf. F533.)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
Filed beside it
Biblical worthy as giantGiant as Creator's servantGeneration of men at the Deluge giganticGiant womanAppearance of giantGargantuan featsGigantic possessions of giantGiants and menOther giant motifs

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