Giants driven away by men

Motif

Giants driven away by men.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.6.12.7

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 7VII. RAVEN’S ADVENTURES 3°
Greco-RomanThe Aeneid, Book 11
Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VI
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 3, Canto 40

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.

IcelandicBoberg.

Within the index

Filed under Disappearance or death of giants.

Filed beside it

Disappearance of giants Sunlight turns giant or troll to stone Slain giant turns to salt stone Giants killed by lightning or thunder (personified in the thunder-god). (Cf. F531.6.11.1.)Giant killed by earthquake Giant slain by man. (Cf. F531.6.9, F628.2.3, G500.)Giant drowned

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