μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Giant's toy. A young giantess picks up a man plowing. Wants him as a toy. Her mother says, "Take him back. He will drive us away." (Cf. F531.5.1.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.5.3

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Scholars’ trail — 12references

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.

  • LappishQvigstad FFC LX 47 No. 73
  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 3712
  • LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 73 No. 225
  • FlemishMeyer FFC XXXVII No. 701*
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière.
  • general **V. Höttges Die Sage vom Riesenspielzeug (Jena, 1931)
  • general Höttges FFC CXXII 172
  • general Broderius § 29
  • general Type 701*
  • general *Fb "kjæmpe" II 149a
  • general "plove" II 848
  • general *Tegethoff Schweiz. Archiv f. Vksk. XXIV 139 n. 14. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 67 No. 575
Within the index

Filed under Giants and men.

Filed beside it
Giant friendly to manMan mistakes giant's glove for houseGiant thinks hammer-blow on head is a nut falling. Man strikes with all his mightGiants repay loan with large interest. Cask of gold for ale, etcGiants' gifts to menGiants marry human beings. (Cf. F420.6.1, F460.4, and cross references.)Giants and ChristiansThe giant on the ark. Noah saves a giant on the ark. Cannot enter but stays in the rigging. Noah sends him food through a holeGiant as servant to manGiant in contest with manGiant insults hero by shaving his head and smearing it with cow dungGiants like butter more than anything else. Get trough of butter in return for helpMan kills giant's babyGiants cause men to sin
Travels with
Giant friendly to manGiant carries man in his pocket (glove, bosom). (Cf. F531.5.3.)
Carried in tale types

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