μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man-eating ogre fries his victims in kettle of oil.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Ogres with characteristic methods. · view the constellation · filed as G312.4

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Cannibal ogre.

Filed beside it
Piśāca. Drinks blood and eats human flesh. Eats corpses and makes living waste away Spirit-woman in rock devours men and cattle Flesh-eating spirits live in trees Bhrat, fierce flesh-eating creatures made by Creator in fit of anger Ogre eats only men's hearts Ogress devours horses

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