μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Ogres with characteristic methods.

1 finer motif beneath it
Demon drags beneath the water any person whose shadow falls on surface of water
Filed beside it
Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magicallyCannibal ogreProcrustes. Monster makes men fit his bed. Tall men sawed off, short men stretchedPine bender. Kills victims by springing treeCycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of headsGiant robber with clubWrestling ogreCliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliffPiercer-of-souls: fishes menBrother-Dead. Trapper of game; silent; pursues tricksterSwinging ogre. Girls who swing their lovers over pit, cut rope, and later devour themRectum snakes. Snakes which creep into living man and devour himPot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into itSucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victimsPath between monsters. Scylla and CharybdisOgre keeps human prisoners

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