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Motif

Human blood (flesh) accidentally tasted: brings desire for human flesh.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Regular cannibalism. · Person becomes cannibal. · view the constellation · filed as G36.2

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

Filed under Taste of human flesh leads to habitual cannibalism.

1 finer motif beneath it
People fear that boy who eats raw birds will eat them when he grows older
Filed beside it
Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh

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