Sea monster — Mythoi

Motif

Sea monster.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G308

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Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic Boberg
Persian Carnoy 325
Jewish Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Other ogres.

9 finer motifs beneath it

Fight with sea (lake) monster Water-monster Herds of sea monsters on surface of sea Lake made dangerous by haunting serpent (dragon, péist) Shark-man ogre, eater of children swimming Lake monster has power to attract victims Clam shell invites man down into sea so he can be eaten Monsters of the sea: two whales of human parentage Demon-octopus

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.) Troll as ogre. (For troll as underground spirit or mountain spirit see F455. For troll-woman see G200–G299, Witches.) Earl king. Child-stealing ogre. (Cf. F321.5.) Rainbow as ogre Jinn

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