Man-eating woman — Mythoi

Motif

Man-eating woman.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Regular cannibalism. · Cannibalism. · view the constellation · filed as G11.6

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Hindu Tawney II 616
Tuamotu Stimson MS (z-G. 13/249, 1110, z-G. 3/1276)
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 194
Tahiti Beckwith Myth 197
Easter Island Métraux Ethnology 370
Maori Clark 39.

Within the index

Filed under Kinds of cannibals.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Female ogre changes men into tigers and eats women Woman who marries tiger is fed human nails regularly Old woman calls beasts together to join her in feast on human flesh Woman devours her husband

Filed beside it

Cannibalistic god Cannibal dwarfs Cannibal giant. (Cf. G82, G83, G84.) Cannibal witch Negro cannibal Water cannibal 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

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