Giants as magicians — Mythoi

Motif

Giants as magicians.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.6.5

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Introduction

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 122, 131, 148, *Boberg
German Grimm Deutsche Sagen (1907) No. 318.4.
general Broderius § 33
general *Höttges FFC CXXII 145

Within the index

Filed under Other giant motifs.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Giants can make selves invisible. (Cf. F531.6.12.1.1.) Giants large or small at will Giant has wound-healing balm Giants as controllers of the elements

Filed beside it

Origin of giants. (Cf. F531.5.7.1.2.) Haunts of giants Homes of giants Age of giants Giants as builders of great structures Giant's treasure. (Cf. F531.6.8.3.1.) Mutual relations of giants Giants as warriors (in army) Other occupations of giants Antipathies of giants Disappearance or death of giants Graves of giants Ghost of giant Giants and supernatural beings Attendants of the giants Other acts of giants

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