Human child brought up by ogress becomes a man-eater — Mythoi

Motif

Human child brought up by ogress becomes a man-eater.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Regular cannibalism. · Person becomes cannibal. · view the constellation · filed as G34

Filed across the traditions

Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 943.

Within the index

Filed under Person becomes cannibal.

Filed beside it

Children flee from father who turns cannibal Child born as cannibal Taste of human flesh leads to habitual cannibalism Girl seduced by brother becomes cannibal ogre

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