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.) — 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

Filed across the traditions

Lappish Qvigstad FFC LX 47 No. 73
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3712
Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 73 No. 225
Flemish Meyer FFC XXXVII No. 701*
Missouri French Carrière.
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 man Man mistakes giant's glove for house Giant thinks hammer-blow on head is a nut falling. Man strikes with all his might Giants repay loan with large interest. Cask of gold for ale, etc Giants' gifts to men Giants marry human beings. (Cf. F420.6.1, F460.4, and cross references.) Giants and Christians The giant on the ark. Noah saves a giant on the ark. Cannot enter but stays in the rigging. Noah sends him food through a hole Giant as servant to man Giant in contest with man Giant insults hero by shaving his head and smearing it with cow dung Giants like butter more than anything else. Get trough of butter in return for help Man kills giant's baby Giants cause men to sin

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Giant friendly to man Giant carries man in his pocket (glove, bosom). (Cf. F531.5.3.)

Carried in tale types

The Giant's Toy · ATU 701 1 recorded variant

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