Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads — Mythoi

Motif

Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Ogres with characteristic methods. · view the constellation · filed as G315

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 264 n. 1. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. VII

Within the index

Filed under Ogres with characteristic methods.

Filed beside it

Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically Cannibal ogre Procrustes. Monster makes men fit his bed. Tall men sawed off, short men stretched Pine bender. Kills victims by springing tree Giant robber with club Wrestling ogre Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff Piercer-of-souls: fishes men Brother-Dead. Trapper of game; silent; pursues trickster Swinging ogre. Girls who swing their lovers over pit, cut rope, and later devour them Rectum snakes. Snakes which creep into living man and devour him Pot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into it Sucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victims Path between monsters. Scylla and Charybdis Ogre keeps human prisoners Ogre decapitates captive princess before he leaves palace; resuscitates her on return

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Transformation (general) Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations Seed mixed with blood as love charm. (Cf. D971.) Ascent to sky on cloud Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins Remarkably strong man. (Strong John). (Cf. X940, X959.1.) Poison of hydra corrodes the skin Illegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.)

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