Man persecuted by a rakshasa in form of beautiful wench — Mythoi

Motif

Man persecuted by a rakshasa in form of beautiful wench.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Ogres with monstrous features. · view the constellation · filed as G369.1.5

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Rakshasa. Dog or ape-shaped; red hair and eyes; mouth reaching from ear to ear; ears pointed like spears; shape-changers; cannibals; three heads, five feet, four eyes, no fingers, bear-neck, horns. Attack women.

Filed beside it

Rakshasas have power of extending bodies eighty miles Rakshasa can be defeated by hero who has rakshasi blood in his veins Rakshasa eats many of the domestic animals each night Rakshasa eats horse, dog, and child. Suspected Ranis ordered for execution Rakshasa hidden in deer's head swallows men Rakshasa's mistress with her head severed lying in a pool of blood

Carried in tale types

The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen · ATU 462 1 recorded variant

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