μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Person becomes cannibal.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Regular cannibalism. · Person becomes cannibal. · view the constellation · filed as G30

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Maori Clark 152
  • Koryak Jochelson JE VI 295, 302
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 128, 258, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 260
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 357 n. 287c.
  • general MacCulloch Childhood 297. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 197
Within the index
5 finer motifs beneath it
Children flee from father who turns cannibal Child born as cannibal Human child brought up by ogress becomes a man-eater Taste of human flesh leads to habitual cannibalism Girl seduced by brother becomes cannibal ogre
Carried in tale types

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