Castle inhabited by ogres

Motif

Castle inhabited by ogres.

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. · view the constellation · filed as F771.4.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Irish mythCross
BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "château"
India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Types 304, 545A

Within the index

Filed under Inhabitants of extraordinary castle.

Filed beside it

Cat castle. Castle occupied by cats (enchanted women)Abandoned castle. Has no inhabitants when hero enters Castle in which everyone is asleep Castle (house) haunted by demons Castle in which inhabitants have been turned to stone Castle inhabited by enchanted princess

Carried in tale types

Puss in Boots · ATU 545B6 recorded variants
The Cat Castle · ATU 545A5 recorded variants

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