Person falls into ogre's power

Motif

Person falls into ogre's power.

Ogres. · Falling into ogre's power. · Person falls into ogre's power. · view the constellation · filed as G400

“He ad- vised the children to run away, but they did not obey. When they saw the gum, they stepped up to the Snanaik and asked her to give them some. The Snanaik gave a piece of gum to all the children, and when she saw Anutkoats, who was advising the children to return home, she took him and threw him into the basket which she was carrying on her back. Then she took all the other children and threw them on top of him into her basket.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 71 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 71 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Types 311, 312.

Within the index

5 finer motifs beneath it

Children wander into ogre's house Pursuit of animal leads to ogre's house Ogre in animal form lures victim into captivity Man on hunt falls into ogre's (witch's) power Lost (marooned) person falls into ogre's power

Travels with

Trolls. Sometimes underground spirits, sometimes also thought of as mountain-spirits. In many tales trolls are ogres. (Cf. G100, G400–G599.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Person comes to life Ogre carries victim in bag (basket)Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house Mask mistaken for face Statue mistaken for living original. (Cf. K1840.)Contest won by magic Captor's bag filled with animals or objects while captives escape False beauty-doctor. The trickster pretends to make the dupe beautiful. Injures him Sham physician Fugitive discovered by reflection in water Shepherdess born of red and blue egg

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