μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cannibal witch.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Regular cannibalism. · Cannibalism. · view the constellation · filed as G11.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. *2027B
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 6
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Hindu Tawney I 162, II 450
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen I 85, II 25, III 50f., 168f., Rink 48, 440, Holm 80, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 198, 598, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 180, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 599
  • Africa (Ekoi) Talbot 233.
  • general Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 485 nn. 28, 29. England: Baughman
Within the index

Filed under Kinds of cannibals.

Filed beside it
Cannibalistic god Cannibal dwarfs Cannibal giant. (Cf. G82, G83, G84.) Negro cannibal Water cannibal Man-eating woman Cannibalistic king Cannibal meteor Ogre schoolmaster. Girl sees schoolmaster eat human flesh. Refuses to tell him what she saw. He persecutes her Cannibalistic spirits Cannibal with extraordinary features. (Cf. G88.) Cannibal with winnowing tray and pestle Gambling cannibal Jungle-man as cannibal Cannibal demon Army of cannibal monsters
Carried in tale types

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