Giant slings stone with his garters (hair ribbon, etc.)

Motif

Giant slings stone with his garters (hair ribbon, etc.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.3.2.2

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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.

DanishThiele Danmarks Folkesagn (København, 1843) I 46
general Broderius § 20. Swedish: Hofberg Svenska Folksägner (Stockholm, 1882) 132
general Holstein: Müllenhoff Sagen der Herzogthümer Schleswig-Holstein u. Lauenborg (Kiel, 1921) No. 423.

Within the index

Filed under Giant throws a great rock.

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Giants throw stones after churches Giants throw tools back and forth. Explains rocks, etc Giant hurls mountain

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