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Motif

Stupid ogre.

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“The dragon is also said to have nine 'resemblances': "its horns resemble those of a deer, its head that of a camel, its eyes those of a devil, its neck that of a snake, its abdomen that of a large cockle, its scales those of a carp, its claws those of an eagle, the soles of its feet those of a tiger, its ears those of an ox;" but some have no ears, the organ of hearing being said to be in the horns, or the creature "hears through its…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VII · served from our shelf

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Scholars’ trail — 12references

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.

  • IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 277, Boberg
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "diable"
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone II No. 3
  • India*Thompson-Balys, Penzer III 33 N. 3, 34 n.
  • ChineseWerner 211 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VII
  • FilipinoFansler MAFLS XII 51, 376
  • German New GuineaDixon 133ff.
  • N. Am. IndianThompson Tales 351f. nn. 268, 268a, 270a, 270b, 271, 271b, (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 445, (California): Gayton and Newman 69. For incidents connected with the stupid ogre see G500–G599, besides the many cases of deception scattered throughout chapter K.
  • general *Types 311, 312, 327, 328, 330, 1000–1199
  • general **Wünsche Teufel
  • general Gaster Thespis 328
  • general **Hackman Die Polyphemsage
Within the index

Filed under Ogre defeated.

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Combat between god of light and dragon of oceanGod of waterInexhaustible buckets as source of lakesForm of dragonDragon as compound animal. (Cf. B14.)Dragon's home in bottom of seaDragon's visit to skyDragon's power of self-transformationDragon's power of magic invisibilityDragon guards treasureDragon feeds on treasureDragon as rain-spirit

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