μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Norwegian Christiansen 43f. No. 327**
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen II 85
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 351 n. 268a, (California): Gayton and Newman 96
  • Africa (Basuto) Jacottet 66 No. 10, (Kaffir): Theal 120, 134, (Zulu): Callaway 75.
  • general *Type 327
Within the index

Filed under Ogre abducts person.

Filed beside it
Child-stealing demon
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Person comes to life Person falls into ogre's power 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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