Child-stealing demon

Motif

Child-stealing demon.

Ogres. · Falling into ogre's power. · Ogre abducts person. · view the constellation · filed as G442

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American IndigenousZuni Folk Tales, Tale 12
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 3, Canto 40

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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Ogre abducts person.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Ogre abducts new-born babe, keeping it captive for seven years Child watched throughout night as protection against child-stealing demon

Filed beside it

Ogre carries victim in bag (basket)

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