Troll as ogre. (For troll as underground spirit or mountain spirit see F455. For troll-woman see G200–G299, Witches.)

Motif

Troll as ogre. (For troll as underground spirit or mountain spirit see F455. For troll-woman see G200–G299, Witches.)

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G304

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

NorseMacCulloch Eddic 285.
general **E. Hartmann Die Trollvorstellungen im den Sagen und Märchen der skandinavischen Völker (Stuttgart, 1936)

Within the index

Filed under Other ogres.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Appearance of troll (ogre). (Cf. F455.2.)Characteristics of trolls Troll's possessions

Filed beside it

Monsters. Usually not clearly defined. See this entire chapter on ogres Demons. Malevolent creatures (not usually further defined)Devil. (The Devil, Satan, The Bad Man, Old Nick, etc.) Not clearly differentiated, especially in German tradition, from the stupid ogre. (See also F531 (Giant), G100–199 and G500–699.)Earl king. Child-stealing ogre. (Cf. F321.5.)Rainbow as ogre Jinn Sea monster

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